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The Conspiracy

May 20, 2012
By Tony Villani

There is nothing better than a great conspiracy theory. Maybe all people love them, but Americans certainly do. Hollywood definitely plays a part in this and the internet has helped the explosion and popularity of them. The suspense and mystery surrounding the possibility that a small group of people can bring about major changes...

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The Worship of Motherhood- A Rare Note On Biology

April 17, 2012
By Tony Villani

Any person with expertise in science should feel free to be highly critical of this post. This week, Hilary Rosen, a commentator unaffiliated with the Obama campaign, made a statement that was interpreted to be disparaging toward motherhood. Rosen appears to have been attempting criticism of Mitt Romney but in the process offended mothers...

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Heirs To The American Fortune

March 31, 2012
By Tony Villani

What are the first 5 things you teach your child to say? Certainly mom & dad playfully compete to see whose name is the first one out of their new baby’s mouth.  But in terms of what is taught in order to function with other people, there are few words or phrases more likely...

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Rights Americans Do Not Have, Part III: Intolerance

November 29, 2011
By Tony Villani

Hate if it makes you feel better. Odds are it won’t.  Most people find hatred to be counterproductive because it keeps us blind to the things that really need to be accomplished.  It provides answers that comfort us to the issues that are causing us pain, and almost without fail those answers delay healing and...

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When Occupy Will Break Through

October 18, 2011
By Tony Villani

Despite its growth and potential, Occupy has a ceiling it has to break through if it is going to influence. The word one hears most when paying attention to the protest is fairness.  The second is justice.  Both of these are without a doubt important objectives.  The problem Occupy faces is that Americans have an...

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The Permanent Teenager- A Misunderstanding of Race

August 21, 2011
By Tony Villani

Race is an impossible concept to understand unless you were born into it. For those who live on one side of a curtain that is not supposed to be there, it is the single defining factor of everyday life. The rest of us misunderstand it, by degrees.  That we do is not our fault,...

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Why We Teach Sportsmanship

We teach everything for a reason.  It does little good to go to the trouble of explaining something if the listener does not retain...

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