‘The True Story of “The Great Gift Of The Christian Faith To The Peoples Of This Continent, including woodblock prints, history, a relevant Pontifex quote, and a salient one from Marx.

Just in time for Thanksgiving the University of Delaware's Center for Political Communication has released a new study to support your holiday table debates.

The National survey on rights, protections for transgender people has found that 71% of people favor protection of transgender individuals in schools and 70% favor such protections in the workplace. Sixty-two percent of the public supports allowing transgender people to serve openly in the military.

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This evening's music features New Orleans r&b artist Smiley Lewis. Enjoy!

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This evening's music features New Orleans piano player Champion Jack Dupree. Enjoy!

I grew up just about two miles, as the crow flies, or as the child finds a path through what we called the Creek, from Lewis and Clark College. My older brother matriculated there, played basketball for them in the late 60s for awhile. One of my major life heroes, William Stafford, taught English there for many years while I was growing up.

So it has been a major blow to me to discover that this past weekend at least two hate crimes occurred on the campus in the span of a couple of hours.