(MANILA) — A 23-year-old dental student from France won the Miss Universe crown Monday in the annual pageant held this year in the Philippines. Iris Mittenaere from the small town of Lille in northern France said in reply to a final question from pageant host Steve Harvey that she would be honored if she just…

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This quote from Martin Luther King, whom we celebrate on Monday, has been on my mind all week. In fact I used it the other day in a post. Today, as we head towards that particular celebration of a civil rights hero, a firestorm erupted on social media. Apparently Rep. John Lewis of Georgia had […]

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President Barack Obama has issued his final weekly address. We suspect we won’t get another like the one nestled above for a long time. The message provided by the outgoing commander-in-chief was one of gratitude. (It would be a bit of a curveball if he followed up his farewell speech with a series of angry…

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