on February 28th, 2009 by admin
I graduated from a Jesuit university. For those unfamiliar with the Jesuits, this was a group that was created by St. Ignatius Loyola, a catholic priest around the 16th century. The full name is The Society of Jesus. During my years at university, I was exposed to the traditions of western thought. Here’s a mini […]
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on February 3rd, 2009 by admin
I’m a little ambivalent about Black History Month. I think it’s completely unnecesary to designate one month out of the year to celebrate blacks contributions to American society. Growing up my family exposed me to black Americans who had tremendous influence on our culture. And it didn’t occur once a year!!! I was exposed to many […]
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on February 1st, 2009 by admin
One of my favorite subjects in school was history. A few months ago I read book review from The New York Sun, a now defunct newspaper about The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin’s Russia. This book details a little known tragedy in American history. During the Great Depression over 2ooo Americans decided to leave the country for Russia in the […]
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