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The Past Month Should Not Have Been Eye-Opening

Steve — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:51:43 +0000

This is a repost of what I wrote for SMARTMD in June 2020. What we’ve seen, we’ve been seeing for centuries. With technology evolving over the past decade, we’ve seen it with devastating clarity, but the story is the same. A person is killed because of the color of their skin. They are targeted because …

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Political Correctness stifles conversations

Steve — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 20:02:56 +0000

When I was about 13 years old, a friend and I were sitting in my room, and for some reason I blurted out “oh sh*t!”. From the hallway my mom yells,”Steve, you don’t say ‘oh sh*t.” My friend, whose family was very strict and would likely get a paddling for something like this (yes, that …

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Banned, not abandoned: Ways to help the Syrian refugees

Steve — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:19:22 +0000

Syrian Refugees can't come to the U.S. now. This is antithetical to our national self image and is being met with protest and outrage across the country. But it won't change. There is a large but not vocal segment of our population that agree with the ban. As the legal battles get drawn out, and …

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