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artesianews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
Victor Davis HansonOne reason why the public turned on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) was its insistence that roughly 70 percent of the country was stereotyped as victimizers by virtue of their skin color. In contrast, the other “diverse” 30% were de facto considered the victimized. In such absurd binaries, the left returned to the old “one-drop” rule of the antebellum South, suggesting that anyone with any nonwhite ancestry was a minority victim.
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websites.eventlink.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
Pendleton Heights High School Home of the Arabians Twitter
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sports.yahoo.com | Michael David Smith |Michaël Smith
The Lions lost their highly respected offensive coordinator Ben Johnson when he became head coach of the Bears this offseason, but quarterback Jared Goff says that no one in Detroit will allow that to be an excuse not to produce. Goff was asked at the Lions' offseason practice on Friday if the offense might be expected to take a step backward, and he rejected that idea. Advertisement"No, of course not, we want to take a step forward.
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galvnews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
If you’re in Galveston and in the mood for a genuine, hometown sort of experience, stroll down to Sealy Gazebo and catch a performance by the Galveston Beach Band. The band’s first concert of the 2025 summer season is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the green space at the corner of 24th Street and Sealy Avenue (also known as Avenue I) in the island’s historic East End.
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artesianews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
Adrian HeddenCarlsbad [email protected] filed a motion May 13 to move the murder case of the Otero County Sheriff’s Office deputy who killed 17-year-old Elija Hadley from 12th District Court in Alamogordo to another jurisdiction. The change was requested after members of Hadley’s family said they were intimidated by the Otero County Sheriff’s Office during a preliminary hearing for Jacob Diaz-Austin, the deputy accused of murdering Hadley in June 2024.
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artesianews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
Cal ThomasWhile contemplating the horror of two young and soon to be engaged Israeli Embassy employees who were gunned down by a man shouting “free Palestine” and “I did it for Gaza,” outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last week, I recalled the opening line to a song from the old off-Broadway musical “The Fantasticks” – “You wonder how these things begin.” That song speaks to the love between a boy and a girl. Applied to the Washington shootings it makes you wonder how hate begins.
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artesianews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
David GrousnickCharles Swindoll tells a funny story about a nine-year-old named Danny who came bursting out of Sunday school like a wild stallion. His eyes were darting in every direction as he tried to locate either mom or dad. Finally, after a quick search, he grabbed his Daddy by the leg and yelled, “Man, that story of Moses and all those people crossing the Red Sea was great!” His father looked down, smiled, and asked the boy to tell him about it.
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galvnews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
Galveston City Council’s decision Wednesday to hire a law firm to sue the Park Board of Trustees over violations of the Texas Open Meetings Act was a jaw-dropper, unprecedented. It’s impossible not to have sympathy for the volunteer members of the tourism group’s governing board. They are caught in a civic civil war that’s mostly about millions in hotel tax revenue with maybe a personal grudge, vendetta or political agenda or two thrown in for flavor.
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artesianews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
Debbie Nix The month of June has long been know as wedding month. I have always wondered how this particular month became know for love and romance and it turns out, it wasn’t just the wedding industry trying to sell us on summer weddings. June is known as the wedding month because it was named after the Roman goddess Juno, who is the goddess of marriage and a divine protectress of women. She is also associated with fertility and love.
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nbcsports.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
Dolphins linebacker Jaelan Phillips has had a rough couple of years: His 2023 season was cut short by a torn Achilles, and his 2024 season was cut short by a torn ACL. He says that was hard on him, not only physically but also mentally. Phillips told Dan Pompei of TheAthletic.com that talking with a therapist about his feelings has been an important part of his growth as a person during a time when he was missing more games than he played.
