Mark Wright’s Blog

I am an American.  While many people might not think that is something to be proud of, I am.  While it bothers me that many around the globe tend to dislike Americans because of government policies or because of the attitude of Americans in general, I still believe there are many reasons to be proud.  […]

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There are very few people in the world that I think of as actually being cool.  Unfortunately over the weekend, we lost one of those people.  Actor, philanthropist, race car driver Paul Newman passed away at 83. 
I have a mental list of people that I think are cool.  These are people that lived their […]

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Seven Hundred Billions dollars.  Say it with me!  That is a lot of money.  This is how much it will take for the proposed government bailout of the financial industry.  Needless to say, I am not very happy about this. 
The basic problem that started this was extreme risk taking and terrible management.  It doesn’t […]

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Considering all of the problems with the education system in the United States, it is important that schools such as Garfield Middle School in Hamilton, Ohio are tackling the difficult situations.  They are not allowing one of their male students to wear makeup to school. 
Eighth grader, Matt Allsup, is a Goth.  For those of […]

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The headline reads, “West Virginia Man Charged With Assaulting An Officer.”  Now normally you wouldn’t think that much about this sort of event happening.  Law enforcement officers are assaulted on a daily basis.  It is an occupational hazard of the job.  However, in this particular case, the method of assault was a bit unusual.
Jose Cruz […]

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