Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr gets it, regarding to the gun violence epidemic that currently plagues our country. There’s a reason he is so passionate about this topic, and he’s absolutely right in his convictions. His father Malcolm, a university professor specializing in the Middle East and the Arab world, was assassinated by gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon in … [Read more...] about Steve Kerr Calls Out Mitch McConnell Over Inaction on Gun Legislation
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Top 3 Best 510 Thread Batteries For Vape Cart In 2022
With the growing market of vaping devices, there have been several types of vape pens and their related components released to facilitate a whole new vaping experience. From enhanced designs of cartridges, atomizers, and mods to a variety of flavored vaping juices, diverse products are easily available in the market. 510 Thread vapes are one such emerging type that has … [Read more...] about Top 3 Best 510 Thread Batteries For Vape Cart In 2022
4 Parenting Tips for Separated Parents
Separation is tough on everyone, but you must do your best to avoid letting your conflicts, tension, and emotions impact your children. No matter how angry you are with your spouse, now is the time to work together. … [Read more...] about 4 Parenting Tips for Separated Parents
Date Night Ideas To Take A Break From Soccer
When you're dating a soccer fan, date nights are few and far between, so when you do have the opportunity to spend some quiet time together as a pair without the kids around, it can be difficult to know what to do with your scarce spare time. Here are some ideas to get you started. Making the selection becomes much more difficult when you don't have a lot of extra money to play … [Read more...] about Date Night Ideas To Take A Break From Soccer
10 ways to find your soulmate in 2022
There is an established opinion that love always comes to someone unexpectedly, and it’s almost impossible to influence it. Some believe in fate, some in chance, some… in something else. Do you agree that nothing really depends on the person, and you just need to wait for a gift of fate? Here we disagree. And today we’ll try to convince you that we’re right. … [Read more...] about 10 ways to find your soulmate in 2022
Chelsea FC Promoting “Equiano Stories,” New Film About Famed Abolitionist
Chelsea football club has done and continues to do a lot when it comes to promoting the ideals of racial and social justice. It's really great that they do so, because, well, some of their supporters sometimes do the polar opposite. And while these episodes tend to receive a lot of media coverage, the good news often gets buried. With that in mind, this Black History Month, … [Read more...] about Chelsea FC Promoting “Equiano Stories,” New Film About Famed Abolitionist
Buy the 13th Amendment, or an Abraham Lincoln “Rookie Card”
It's not everyday that you get to hold a really important piece of history in your own hands. And if you have a few hundred thousand dollars that's burning a hole in your pocket, you can buy that piece of history for keeps too. Heritage Auction, based in Dallas, has put 530 artifacts from the Abraham Lincoln era up for bidding, on February 11-12, running in conjunction with … [Read more...] about Buy the 13th Amendment, or an Abraham Lincoln “Rookie Card”
How the Baseball Hall of Fame Acknowledges the Steroids Era
(Editor's Note: Re-posting from August 2019, in the wake of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens not getting in the Hall of Fame) To me, the most interesting aspect of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown is what passes as "the steroids wing." The entire steroids era, from approximately the mid 1990s to the early 2010s is covered by just one display case, which focuses on … [Read more...] about How the Baseball Hall of Fame Acknowledges the Steroids Era
Meyers Leonard on His Emotional Visit to Holocaust Memorial
Tomorrow brings International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), and with it the opening of a new virtual reality exhibit, The Journey Back, on the same day at Illinois Holocaust Museum. I took in the exhibit yesterday, as part of a media preview, and I found the overall experience was very powerful and moving for me. It reminded me of the Meyers Leonard press … [Read more...] about Meyers Leonard on His Emotional Visit to Holocaust Memorial
Meyers Leonard Has the Right Ideas on Mental Health, Psychotherapy
Monday saw Meyers Leonard make it back to a University of Illinois basketball game for the first time since 2012, when he was playing for the Illini. Leonard and his wife Elle donated $500,000 to the program, with the donation going towards the new basketball practice facility. Meyers was honored on the State Farm Center court, during the first media timeout, and while this … [Read more...] about Meyers Leonard Has the Right Ideas on Mental Health, Psychotherapy