by Christopher Harris | Nov 16, 2018 | American Exceptionalism, Culture, Intolerance
Okay, who the heck thought that it was a good idea to have Harry Belafonte, a.k.a. “The Banana Boat Song” guy, preaching to America, about American values? If you watch the video itself, he didn’t say anything controversial, because he simply quoted the first few...
by Christopher Harris | Nov 16, 2015 | American Exceptionalism, Culture, History
Paris is known as the City of Lights, but on Saturday night, November 14, 2015, the most famous landmark in Paris, the Eiffel Tower, went dark, as a symbol of mourning for the 129 men and women who were murdered by Islamic Fundamentalist. This was the deadliest act of...
by Christopher Harris | Nov 11, 2015 | American Exceptionalism, History
When you’re a born and raised Military Brat, Veterans Day and Memorial Day tend to take on a little more significance to you. Today, I want to take a moment to honor my favorite Veteran, my Dad. That’s my Dad, 3rd from the Left. He served in the U.S. Air Force...
by Christopher Harris | Aug 1, 2015 | American Exceptionalism
I was just watching this clip from the 1989 movie LEAN ON ME, where Principal Joe Clark addresses the parents of the approximately 300 students, that he had just thrown out of the school, and it got me thinking about education in America today. I thought, where are...
by Christopher Harris | Jun 10, 2015 | American Exceptionalism, Education, Pop Culture
I was scrolling through the Washington Poo (the name I have given to the Washington Post newspaper), and I ran across this article entitled “Here’s how my graduating class ended up with 72 valedictorians: The rise of multiple valedictorians is not a product of the...
by Christopher Harris | Aug 12, 2014 | American Exceptionalism
I am well aware that according to what has now become “mainstream thinking”, people who think, talk and act like me, are often-times considered to be “extremist”. If you allow the Lame Stream Media to do your thinking for you, then it is inevitable that you will...