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Stephen Raburn: Tell the President, Congress to Stand Up to the NRA
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Essays and observations on current events, social issues and politics from a slightly left-of-center perspective". Tell the President, Congress to Stand Up to the NRA. If we pass the strictest gun laws imaginable, people will still find guns and use them. If we eradicate all guns from the planet, violent people will find other tools to carry out their violent acts. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't enact common sense gun laws in an effort to reduce. The number of gun killings. None of that is true.
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Stephen Raburn: August 2014
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Essays and observations on current events, social issues and politics from a slightly left-of-center perspective". Drug Testing Confirms that Welfare Recipients are a Bunch of Drug-Addicted Slackers Looking for a Handout. 1 out of 812 applicants tested positive for drugs in Tennessee. Now, Tennessee, go test your state legislators and mayors and city councilmen and judges and see how those numbers stack up. A nice graphic to put things in perspective). Maine’s governor set out to prove welfare reci...
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Stephen Raburn: My Christmas Story
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Essays and observations on current events, social issues and politics from a slightly left-of-center perspective". 8220;You know Santa Claus isn’t real, don’t you? 8221; my older brother asked me, somewhat exasperated at my naiveté. 8220;Yes,” I replied matter-of-factly, with my eyes rolling slightly. In actuality, it was the first time I’d even considered the possibility. Now, I just felt stupid. Like I was the oldest kid in the world who still believed in Santa. I asked my mama. I ran as fast as I coul...
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Stephen Raburn: Please vote against Amendment One
http://stephenraburn.blogspot.com/2012/04/please-vote-against-amendment-one-on.html
Essays and observations on current events, social issues and politics from a slightly left-of-center perspective". Please vote against Amendment One. Question: How does Amendment One benefit the citizens of the state of North Carolina? Even when I remove the liberal prism from which I admittedly view the world and try as best I can to be objective, for the life of me, I can’t find a good answer. And that’s the best argument I can make for opposing it. Certainly, there are those who would be harmed. Doesn...
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Stephen Raburn: January 2013
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Essays and observations on current events, social issues and politics from a slightly left-of-center perspective". What Bothers Me Most about the Manti Te’o Story. As everyone who doesn’t live under a rock knows by now, the story of the deceased girlfriend of grieving star Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o was all a hoax. Who knows whether Te’o was the victim or perpetrator? Only Manti Te’o knows the honest truth. What bothers me the most has been the reaction to the story. The kid owes his family and clo...
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Stephen Raburn: Would You Let Your Child Play Football?
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Essays and observations on current events, social issues and politics from a slightly left-of-center perspective". Would You Let Your Child Play Football? Would you let your child play football? That’s a hot question these days as information about long-term medical problems among former players in the National Football League (NFL) continues to be revealed. The NFL recently settled a lawsuit for. Lateral Sclerosis (ALS),. The study, which was published September 5, 2012 in the medical journal. Obviously...
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Stephen Raburn: September 2013
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Essays and observations on current events, social issues and politics from a slightly left-of-center perspective". Would You Let Your Child Play Football? Would you let your child play football? That’s a hot question these days as information about long-term medical problems among former players in the National Football League (NFL) continues to be revealed. The NFL recently settled a lawsuit for. Lateral Sclerosis (ALS),. The study, which was published September 5, 2012 in the medical journal. Obviously...
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Stephen Raburn: A Note to My Classmates on the Occasion of Our Thirtieth High School Class Reunion
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Essays and observations on current events, social issues and politics from a slightly left-of-center perspective". A Note to My Classmates on the Occasion of Our Thirtieth High School Class Reunion. HHS Class of 83. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Note to My Classmates on the Occasion of Our Thi. There's a Bully on the Playground. Durham, North Carolina:. Is a child advocate, social philanthropreneur, writer, blogger, lecturer, daydreamer, activist, publisher, idealist, coffee snob and father.
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Stephen Raburn: April 2014
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Essays and observations on current events, social issues and politics from a slightly left-of-center perspective". America is Beautiful in Many Languages. In 1971, when Coca-Cola launched its "I'd like to buy the world a Coke". Fast forward to Super Bowl XLVIII and, well, I guess nothing much has changed. Promptly after Coca-Cola aired an ad with “America the Beautiful”. Sung in a number of languages, social media was littered with claims that the company was unpatriotic and plans to boycott its products.
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