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WHO GIVES THANKS FOR BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING?

Zo-Edit | November 20, 2011 | 0 Comments
WHO GIVES THANKS FOR BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING?

“Black Friday sales bringing holiday jeer”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, November 20, 2011 Who will put the brakes on Black Friday? Not the stores. They like starting the holiday rush with a pedal-to-the-metal race for bargains. Not the shoppers, either. If last year’s lines are any indication, the earlier the better for them. And this [...]

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WHAT IS THERE TO SAY IN AFTERMATH OF TRAGEDY

Ellis | July 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
WHAT IS THERE TO SAY IN AFTERMATH OF TRAGEDY

What can Justine Mulhall possibly say? “I’m sorry”? “I didn’t mean to”? “Forgive me, please”? Would it be better to say nothing at all? It’s a question that comes up whenever an accident turns truly tragic, when the unintentional actions of one person lead to devastating pain for others. Two highly charged values immediately collide. [...]

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IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR LOVING THE KENNEDYS

Zo-Edit | August 30, 2009 | 0 Comments
IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR LOVING THE KENNEDYS

“The Kennedy’s Had Issues: And Your Family Doesn’t?” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 30, 2009 You won’t find this in the Declaration of Independence. The concept is nowhere laid out in the Articles of Confederation or the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. Ayn Rand be damned. The individual is not the basic unit of American society. [...]

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