Month: November 2005

Invisible

There are no two ways about it, the media discriminates. The charge has been made before. If a blond, blue-eyed young Caucasian girl turns up missing, television news broadcasts nationwide carry the story ad infinitum. The same is not true if the victim is black. If someone calls the media on this fact, their spokespersons …

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Old Jokes

Jokes and stories about old age fill my e-mail as friends and relatives feel inclined to send them along. Countless jokes and cartoons lampooning senior citizens. They are of a common theme and parody failing hearing and failing eyesight. Memory also is a favorite target. Since a majority, if not all, of these jokes originate …

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