Opinion
“Ruby Sparks”: Guy creates perfect girlfriend, who created him?
August 7, 2012"Ruby Sparks" is a romantic comedy with some rather dreadful underpinnings.
Read moreMovie audience laughs and cringes at “Killer Joe”
August 6, 2012Our matinee audience, nearly a full house, laughed all the way through "Killer Joe," but it was nervous laughter.
Read moreToday in labor and peoples history: Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 6, 2012Today in 1965 in the presence of Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks and others, President Lyndon Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act forbid the discriminatory voting practices against African Americans and...
Read moreBaltimore Bank Riot of 1835
August 6, 2012On August 6, 1835 the Baltimore bank riots began. The several day long riot was prompted by a bank directors money making scheme.The directors invested depositors savings in the Union Bank of Maryland which went bankrupt....
Read moreJanitors strike rocks Houston, forces employers to talk
August 6, 2012Janitors here won a historic victory this past week as the contractors were forced to begin negotiations with the Service Employees International Union.
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