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    Silver in the Mine

    MARCH 28, 2012 10:40PM

    By Vanessa Blakeslee


    Topics: jean brodie, muriel sparks, fiction, books, poetry, teaching, benjamin franklin, creativity, problem students, college, english professors

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    Why Mitt Romney's Wealth Doesn't Bother this Democrat

    FEBRUARY 1, 2012 10:42PM

    By Francesca Biller


    Topics: facebook, twitter, the federal convention, the united states constitution, the declaration of independence, the american revolution, the federal convention, constitution, established the united states, the declaration of independence, the american revolution, george washington, james madison, thomas jefferson, alexander hamilton, benjamin franklin, among them john adams, founding fathers, the american dream, first black president of our united states., "evil republican", marxism, machiavellian, robin hood style of government, speaker newt gingrich, harvard and columbia, governor mitt romney

    • 6 Ratings
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    Open Call: And Then There Was…Arnold

    DECEMBER 7, 2011 8:34AM

    By Abrawang


    Topics: benjamin franklin, hokkers, arnold, and then there was

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    Ethiopia's Awramba Times: More Powerful Than...

    DECEMBER 5, 2011 12:39AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: politics, team awramba times, fitsum mammo, teshale seifu, elias gebru, tigist wondimu, moges tikuye, nafkot yoseph, abe tokichaw and mehret tadesse, mekdes fisseha, wosenseged g kidan, abel alemayehu, nebyou mesfin, gizaw legesse, woubshet taye, tribute awramba times, there is my country, where liberty is, benjamin franklin, dawit kebede, abé tokichaw, satirist abebe tolla, ethiopia terror law, ethiopia swedish journalists, ethiopia foreign correspondents, meles zenawi dictator, ethiopian reporters exiled, ethiopia committee to protect journalists, ethiopia economist magazine, first amendment, george washington free press, thomas jefferson free press, napoleon press freedom, dawit kebede awramba times, awramba times, meles zenawi ethiopia

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    Block Seven [The State of the English Language is Strong]

    FEBRUARY 6, 2011 10:23PM

    By Troi Carleton


    Topics: books, english language, app, quilting, linguistics, 'the first american', the dialect society of america, benjamin franklin

    • 22 Ratings
    • 579 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Breakfast Bowls, Pillows, and My Dad's Golf Clubs

    JANUARY 30, 2011 4:08PM

    By Jerry DeNuccio


    Topics: golf, pillows, benjamin franklin, fathers, golf clubs, function and value

    • 9 Ratings
    • 370 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    SAY IT ISN'T SO!

    JANUARY 18, 2011 10:24AM

    By Lyn LeJeune


    Topics: fiction, comedy, books, belief/religion, lord byron, the bachelor, jane austen, oscar wilde, benjamin franklin, a modest proposal, free speech, lenny bruce, jonathan swift, voltaire, hubris, golem, palin, satire

    • 22 Ratings
    • 813 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Why Benjamin Franklin Is Cool

    JANUARY 15, 2011 10:46AM

    By Jerry DeNuccio


    Topics: self-mockery; history, founding fathers, benjamin franklin

    • 0 Ratings
    • 331 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    What Would Franklin Say About Anti-Muslim Bigotry?

    AUGUST 17, 2010 6:13PM

    By Craig Considine


    Topics: benjamin franklin, christian white savages, terrorism, islam, muslims, ground zero, violence, christianity, religion, 9-11, islamophobia, bigotry, racism, discrimination

    • 2 Ratings
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    The Founding Fathers and Islam

    AUGUST 10, 2010 9:44AM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: benjamin franklin, thomas jefferson, john adams, islam, the constitution, founding fathers

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    How Lincoln Learned to Read

    APRIL 14, 2010 7:30PM

    By Robert Huttmeyer


    Topics: elvis presley, joseph kennedy, joe kennedy, john kennedy, rachel carson, helen keller, w. e. b. dubois, henry ford, thocmetony, abraham lincoln, sojourner truth, isabella bomefree, andrew jackson, john adams, abagail adams, ben franklin, benjamin franklin, united states, education, history, books

    • 3 Ratings
    • 430 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    What Would You Do?

    NOVEMBER 12, 2009 1:39AM

    By Dave Scriven


    Topics: belief/religion, jesus, bible, ezekiel, money, cash, friends, integrity, benjamin franklin, $100

    • Editor's Pick
    • 42 Ratings
    • 2151 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    Can We Please Stop Thinking Outside the Box?

    SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 11:43AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: books, business, comedy, environment, gossip, health, open call, politics, benjamin franklin, corporate, ceo's, ashley simpson, joe wilson, sean hannity, bill o'reilly, srah palin, ruch limbaugh

    • 1 Ratings
    • 508 Views
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    The Optimist Party

    SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 5:55PM

    By bstrangely


    Topics: facebook, organizing, amos, benjamin franklin, new york, 9/11, voting, open source, ovc

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    'Si no te metías con nadie, nada pasó'

    AUGUST 26, 2009 8:00PM

    By Mark Wilson


    Topics: al-qaeda, jeremy scahill, blackwater, glenn greenwald, extraordinary rendition, eric holder, tom ridge, john philpot curran, thomas jefferson, benjamin franklin, cardinal richelieu, hitler, mussolini, francisco franco

    • 4 Ratings
    • 608 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    The Moral Strangulation of America

    JUNE 1, 2009 9:09PM

    By Wattree


    Topics: america, benjamin franklin, bush, cheney, demagogues, education, ideals, morality, thomas jefferson, torture

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    • 488 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    As Bad as Banning Books: Palin Fired the Librarian

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 1:53PM

    By Paul Levinson


    Topics: palin, benjamin franklin

    • 6 Ratings
    • 644 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Thoughts on the Anniversary, Updated

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 10:31AM

    By Procopius


    Topics: war, taliban, afghanistan, al qaeda, 9-11, benjamin franklin

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