IAmAntiViolence.org releases new video

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since Tyler Clementi killed him­self. When I first heard about the tragedy, it struck me hard; it still does. It hurt my feel­ings that kids (18 year olds still count, I guess) could be so heart­less toward one another. It both­ered me that peo­ple seem to...

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Stranger at Smith’s Kicks Off The Giving Season

Thurs­day night was like any other. I got off work a bit late, and had to go to the gro­cery store, since I had to take some­thing to the work potluck the next day. My son and I wan­dered the aisles until I had every­thing for the spicy chicken peanut salad, and a few extra fun things besides. I’m at...

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for October 30: War of the Worlds

Check out today’s Pro­file Amer­ica fea­ture, put out daily by the U.S. Census: Pro­file Amer­ica — Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 30th.  It may sound like an urban myth — but it really hap­pened.  On this night in 1938, many Amer­i­cans in East­ern cities pan­icked as their radios told them that...