Black history didn’t begin with the arrival of the first African slaves in America. It didn’t start with the Ghana Empire or the Nubian Kingdom of Kush in Africa. Black history began in the Garden of Eden. When we think about the most important figures in Black history, we tend to think about African leaders…
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If you’ve been reading what current and former NBA players have been saying about Kobe Bryant since his death yesterday, you’ll know that his peers considered him one of the greatest basketball players of all time. And next to that, you’ll also know they considered him one of the fiercest competitors in NBA history. That’s…
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If there was a nation in the world with only billionaires and millionaires, would you consider the least rich person in that nation poor? If the least rich person in that nation owned the smallest mansion, the least expensive sports cars, the least expensive personal chefs and housemaids in the nation, would they be poor?…
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A 103 years ago in 1917, the world’s biggest heroes had been away from their mothers and sisters and their wives and daughters for 3 years. They were men, young and old, who walked away from their families and walked into foreign lands to fight for their kings and countries, neighbours and families. Over 42…
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My colleagues and I have said on numerous occasions that we look forward to losing our jobs. We dream about the day when we’ll finally close our offices. We do not want our organization, the Canadian Center for Bio-Ethical Reform to exist forever. We want to become unemployed. We love our jobs. We are passionate…
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One of my Republican friends in America refused to vote for Trump in 2016. And she’ll probably refuse to vote the way many Republicans will in 2020 too. She couldn’t vote for Trump. She couldn’t vote for a man who routinely disrespects and insults his rivals. She couldn’t write Donald Trump’s name on her ballot—she…
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Imagine for a second that you’re a 27 year old woman. You’re married to a bad husband and bad father. You have one child—a seven year old boy. And you all live in poor conditions in a poor country. One morning you discover you’re pregnant. And you worry you barely have enough money for yourself,…
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I do not admire Don Cherry. I do not admire his traditionalist beliefs about hockey. I do not admire his Coach’s Corner segment on Hockey Night In Canada on Sportsnets and CBC. I do not admire his massive influence on hockey culture. I admire hockey and the National Hockey League (NHL), but I admire it…
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My pen doesn’t pick up my stammer. It doesn’t capture my fears in a volume. It isn’t held by shaking, sweaty hands. It doesn’t stand between me and the crowd. It’s designed for my hands, not my lips. It’s designed for my mind, not my mouth. It’s easier, it’s simpler. It doesn’t add my voice…
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I haven’t listened to a hip-hop album in 13 years. And other than my friend Shope’s albums, I haven’t listened to a gospel hip-hop album in 10 years. When I became a Christian in August 2006, I stopped listening to hip-hop within a few weeks because most of its content appealed to destructive, deadly passions…
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