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AF-AM News bits – March 2018
WORD OF THE MONTH: Pipsqueak, “…an insignificant or contemptible person or thing…” (Oxford Dictionary) A NOTE TO THE BLIND As a matter of information for the unknowing and still maturing, I have been in contention with Raymond Jordan for legitimate ideological reasons for decades and will remain so for whatever years we have remaining, which…
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AF-AM News bits – January 2018
DISABILITY INSURANCE NOT THE PROBLEM Writing in The Wall Street Journal (December 18, 2017), Jason Furman, Professor of Practice at Harvard Kennedy School and former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, wrote: “Overall the employment rate among men 25-54 has dropped from 96% to 86% today. The GOP often blames disability insurance…
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AFAM Newsbits – February 2015
OTHERS’ BITS “You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. “Still I Rise” By Maya Angelou *** “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.” Origin in dispute. Some say Alexander Hamilton. I say…
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AFAM Newsbits-January 2015
OTHERS’ BITS “You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.” (Maya Angelou, Still I Rise) BUD L. WILLIAMS “Jesus is the reason for the season.” WATCH OUT MAYOR SARNO In view of the many controversies surrounding…
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AFAM Newsbits-December 2014
OTHER’S BITS A PRAGMATIST: “If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu.” A POLITICIAN: “If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re on the menu.” A CONCERNED PARENT: “You can’t make the same mistake twice. The second time it’s not a mistake; it’s a choice.” THE BIGGEST…








