The weather is warming up across the United States and it won’t be long until we can enjoy gathering around the grill for a cookout. Before you fire up the grill, you’ll want to make sure the meats you’re grilling for family and friends are top-notch. The quality of meats can vary quite a bit […]
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With the popularity of low-fat, high-protein diets of all kinds, beef jerky’s profile has been high for a while. For consumers who still associate beef jerky brands with the ground-up chemical dump at the gas station check-out, the modern thing going on in beef jerky will certainly come as a surprise. All-natural, organic ingredients, thin-sliced, […]
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If Mad Men presented a rarified world where advertisers were the secret puppeteers of American life, the real world of digital marketing today is just as thrilling. Technological advances in data analytics mean that we can understand consumer behavior in a way that makes the old-fashioned “throw it against the wall and see what sticks” […]
Continue readingRiots display human beings acting at their worst. Usually the result of political or social turmoil, most riots rely on killing, raping, looting and widespread destruction to get their point across. After examining the tolls that riots take on society, we have to wonder whether this is an effective way to bring about change. Below […]
Continue readingAnyone who was beyond infancy in the mid-1990’s can remember the OJ Simpson murder trial. Dominating the news and broadcast into every home, it was everywhere. The image of Simpson trying on the leather glove and shaking his head was purposefully burned into our brains. Later, during the closing arguments, Johnny Cochran, one of Simpson’s […]
Continue readingBefore everyone had a cell phone and the capacity to record video on the fly, a police beat down was, by sheer chance, caught on tape in Los Angeles on March 3, 1991. Public fury about racism and police brutality erupted when a portion of the video showing several LAPD officers Tasering, kicking, stomping and […]
Continue readingThe Mafia. The name alone conjures shadowy images of underworld activity – debts and allegiances, honor and respect, family, power, and death. Add to that the popular cinematic exploits of Hollywood Mafioso as portrayed by Brando, De Niro, Pacino et al, and there is a romanticism associated with ‘the men of honor’ that is difficult […]
Continue readingPaul of Tarsus Saul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic conversion experience while on the […]
Continue readingMost people find board games to be a boring pursuit, especially when compared with the vast array of multimedia entertainment available today. Board games actually have a ton to offer however, especially when you get beyond the board games that everyone is used to playing from childhood. Most board games (like Monopoly) we are familiar […]
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