21st-Century Pacifist
Musings of a 21st-Century Pacifist is a collection of articles from the perspective of a bilingual, catholic educated, agnostic, combat veteran, pacifist, engineer and jewelry maker.
Friday, January 28, 2011
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Photo: Associated PressLack of gun laws and mental health programs lead to killings
posted at 10:15 p.m.
How many more have to die before we revise our laws?
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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Photo: My Facebook pageFacebook: Not a good investment?
posted at 1:59 p.m.
Goldman, Sachs just invested $500 million dollars in Facebook. If you had $2 or 3 million laying around, would you invest in Facebook? I don't have this money and I wouldn't invest in it anyway.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
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Recycling: Good for your wallet
posted at 4:21 p.m.
Do you think recycling is a bore? Think twice, especially about what not recycling can mean to your wallet.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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Photo: From the Lincoln Tech siteFeds to control what private colleges teach?
posted at 10:48 p.m.
Is there any reason why an apparently bright and logical young person would spend twice as much to get the same degree from a private school as compared with a public college?
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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Photo: Associated PressMaryland Terps vs. Florida 'Noles: Is it OK to cheat?
posted at 9:30 p.m.
Sportsmanship. On the field or in the governments. Does the end ever justify the means?
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
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Photo: Nicole Miller, sunshineIt takes a village and quite a bit more
posted at 2:47 p.m.
When Joy Miller found out her daughter Nicole had cerebral palsy The Miller family simply proceeded to do what they had to to give Nicole the future that she has.
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Friday, November 12, 2010
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Photo: Associated PressMarco Rubio: Latino or not?
posted at 12:32 a.m.
Marco Rubio is the son of a Cuban bartender and a hotel domestic worker. Does that make him a Latino?
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
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Photo: scholarship@kkcVote for the American dream
posted at 10:51 p.m.
So what happened to the American dream? And will your vote help bring it back?
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
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War ain't 'Project Runway'
posted at 7:51 p.m.
It was the end of the first Gulf war, and we were having dinner with friends. The lady of the house, flush with pride for the easy victory over the forces of Saddam Hussein, made a remark that I recall almost 20 years later.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
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Why not a mosque?
posted at 5:00 p.m.
The interviews I have seen on TV are very much the same: People first indicate that they are not opposed to Muslims and believe in freedom of religion but then say that it is in “bad taste" or “provocative” for a mosque to open in that location.
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Mario Salazar
Mario Salazar is a combat infantry Vietnam Vet, world traveler, renaissance reconnaissance man and pacifist. ... more
Mario Salazar is a combat infantry Vietnam Vet, world traveler, renaissance reconnaissance man and pacifist. Now retired from the Environmental Protection Agency and living in Montgomery County, Mario will share with you his life, his thoughts, his musing on living in yet another century of change. He will also try to convey his joy of being old.