January 2017 – the quick Sliver

1.27.17 Germans

January 27, 2017 Mike Keeler

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Here are some facts to consider. *** The United States is comprised almost entirely of people who came from, or whose ancestors came from, somewhere else. Our country is very diverse. Most of us are “mutts” whose bloodline contains a mix of racial origins. But our single largest racial root…

1.20.17 Inaugural Wisdom

January 20, 2017 Mike Keeler

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As the day begins, how about some inaugural words of wisdom from four of our finest Presidents? Gentlemen… “There is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine…

2017 Lincoln Obama Roosevelt washington

1.6.17 Motherless Children

January 6, 2017 Mike Keeler

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This is the story of two motherless children. Tyrus Wong was born in Guangdong, China in 1910. When he was nine years old, he and his father emigrated to the U.S. to escape crushing poverty. But his new country didn’t want him – due to the recently passed Chinese Exclusion…

2017 animation Bambi Disney Tyrus Wong