Cartoon – Bus Stop
Author: Antarctica Journal
George Carlin Quote – When You’re Winning
“It’s never just a game when you’re winning.” – George Carlin
Read moreCarl T. Rowan Quote – Fools and Scoundrels
“A minority group has ‘arrived’ only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.” – Carl T. Rowan
Read moreAbraham Lincoln Quote – Power
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln
Read morePoem – Why Are the Dead So Still (By Fern G. Z. Carr)
Why Are the Dead So Still – By Fern G. Z. Carr Arms crossed, lying motionless in an open casket, he gazes upward through closed eyelids. Maybe if I look hard enough I’ll see him flinch or wriggle his nose at the acrid smell of incense rising from the censer; holy water is sprinkled on his body – it […]
Read moreMaya Angelou Quote – Without Courage
“Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest” – Maya Angelou
Read moreDwight D. Eisenhower Quote – This Is Anything
“When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Read moreCartoon – New In Town
Men In Jail
Nearly Half Of Black Males, 40 Percent Of White Males Are Arrested By Age 23. A large number of American men have already been arrested by the time they’re in their early 20s, according to a new report. A study, published in the journal Crime & Delinquency, found that nearly half (49 percent) of African-American men and 40 percent of […]
Read morePoem – Lead Us Not Into (By Lee Marc Stein)
Lead Us Not Into Never mind young beauties on campus, glimpses of skin on obscene screens, the centripetal force of super-fiction — my siren beckons with perfect diction from its nook on the refrigerator door. Drop the tablespoon I self-command but it appears velcroed to my hand. I kick myself with each step across the kitchen. […]
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