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10-year-old Logan Schoenhardt has been battling cancer most of his life. He has endured 6 brain surgeries. Before his 6th and final brain surgery, he asked the surgeon to engrave the number 12 in the side of his skull – the number of his idol – Tom Brady. The little guy had been through so much, his parents agreed saying, …
“I’ve been waiting on this dream for 36 years. Thank God it happened today.” Four years ago at the young age of 51, Joe Thomas, Sr., enrolled at South Carolina State University along with his son, Joe Thomas, Jr. The younger Thomas left college early to go pro – now playing for the Green Bay Packers. The younger Thomas, however, …
I am allergic to bee stings. I learned this in 1997 when I was stung by a bee. I didn’t think much of it until my leg started to swell up and then my chest. By the time, I arrived at the emergency room, I was unable to breathe. Doctors had to perform live-saving measures on me. Since that time, …
Two weeks ago 63.7 million Americans voted for Hilary Clinton and 62.1 million voted for Donald Trump in arguably the most divisive election in our nation’s history. Most voters weren’t exactly wishy-washy about it either. People voted enthusiastically for their candidate and/or they voted vigorously against the other candidate. In more than a few instances, voters were beat up simply …
I saw something this morning that made my jaw drop. A guy who apparently just voted in the 2016 Presidential election was dragged out of his car and beaten by 3 or 4 individuals. There is limited context for this, but apparently this man had just voted for Trump (how they knew or guessed this, I don’t know) and these …
Since the election, there have been several racial incidents at schools. According to video evidence, white students have chanted, “Build the Wall” to Hispanic students and at another school, students began chanting, “White Power.” It seems that some idiots are taking Donald Trump’s victory as permission to expose their racial hatred toward another race. This is completely unacceptable. Since the …
Since the election, I have read disparaging comments made by Democrats about people who voted for Donald Trump. Collectively these statements say that anyone who voted for Trump must be a racist, sexist, misogynistic xenophobe – Trump supporters let hate and anger win. I would like to offer a different perspective. I want to take some time to explain why someone …
A few days ago on Halloween, Hilary Duff and her boyfriend, Jason Walsh went to a Halloween party dressed as a pilgrim and a Native American. While they were at the party, they posed for a picture and posted it on social media. They did not think anything of it, but when they returned from the party they saw the …
Unless you were living under a rock this summer, you know about the rising racial tensions in America. A microcosm of this issue played itself out in Dallas, Texas. After police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Minneapolis, Minnesota killed 2 unarmed black men, “Black Lives Matter” protesters took to the streets in many large urban cities. During a peaceful …
Joe’s Perspective: Enough said! The kid couldn’t do it. 4 times he tried, 4 times he failed. The kids then surrounded him, said a chant that I loosely translated to say, “we believe in you. You can do it.” Then, the kid tries it again and succeeds. Imagine if we did this in America when a kid misses a math …
