politics

Three memories of 9/11

Three memories of 9/11

When it comes to 9/11, "We will never forget" is more than an empty phrase. I will never forget where I was that day, nor the memories associated with it: One. I was at the Executive Offices of the Intercontinental Hotel Santo Domingo (currently a Crowne Plaza) - just an ordinary day of Sales & Marketing work. I had three bosses in the five years I worked there. The third one was in charge on September 11, 2001. It was 9:02 a.m. and the hotel managers started to come in, as they did every morning, to gather in the conference…
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Where is Rick Sanchez? A fan’s guide to following Rick

Where is Rick Sanchez? A fan’s guide to following Rick

I miss Rick. That other people have bothered to google the keywords "Where is Rick Sanchez?" lets me know I'm not alone. The longtime TV anchor fired from CNN after calling John Stewart a "bigot" in October 2010 might have been colorful, in many ways unconventional and at times easy to make fun of... but he was great to watch. I belong to a big community of friends of Rick Sanchez who miss him and want him back. Rick's down to earth, pal-to-pal approach to news delivery was one of a kind. He is the first news anchor I watched…
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End all wars: Poem to America

End all wars: Poem to America

A war free from government: arms trafficking, arms manufacturing, abusing power and position. No, you're not America if you use your toys to enrich your friends, driving up their stock. You're not America to use your money put your soldiers unprepared, at harm's way. I want my money to go to education and health care. End it! End the insanity that tells anyone anything good comes out of violence, and the conflicts in the Middle East. End the petty wars and the seemingly necessary ones too. Use your energy on something constructive. Show me you can function in peace. Show me you have…
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