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		<title>A Prayer for Haiti: A Response to Robertson, Rush and Others</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally published with sojo.net&#8230;
Hear our cry, O Lord.  Attend unto our earnest prayer.  From cracks in the earth, O Lord, do we cry unto you.
We first confess that we do not know how to pray for a tragedy such as this.  With each statement we oscillate between glibness or melodrama.  Our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2010/01/18/a-prayer-for-haiti-a-response-to-robertson-rush-and-others/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;WE will define the character of our country&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you hear my President! This is why Barack Obama is the hope of this country&#8230;
&#8220;&#8230;That&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve directed my national security team to develop a strategy that addresses the unique challenges posed by lone recruits. And that&#8217;s why we must communicate clearly to Muslims around the world that Al Qaida offers nothing except a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2010/01/07/we-will-define-the-character-of-our-country/</link>
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		<title>Irrascible and Irreconcilable, Both</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sojo was kind enough yet again to post an article from me.  I&#8217;m critiquing the language being used by Christians in the public square to perpetuate a senseless fight with Muslims.  Here&#8217;s a highlight (actually the first part of the quote was edited out):

&#8220;Imagine you and I meeting somewhere, and I insist on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2010/01/07/irrascible-and-irreconcilable-both/</link>
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		<title>The PR of Personal Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Judge Sonia Sotomayor has taken a lot of flack for her recognition of the part personal experience plays in the judicial process.  Of particular absurdity in the criticism of her has been the charge that white men aren&#8217;t afforded the same latitude of expression as &#8220;minorities&#8221; when it comes to valuing their experiences, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/07/19/667/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Praise Song for the Day&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Praise song for the day.
Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each others&#8217; eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about us is noise. All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one of our ancestors on our tongues. Someone is stitching up a hem, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/01/21/praise-song-for-the-day/</link>
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		<title>Nonvoter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine sent this to me yesterday.  I wish I had it before the election.  I would have sent one to everybody!

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		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/01/09/nonvoter/</link>
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		<title>Uncle Jay&#8217;s 2008 Year in Rearview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leslie&#8217;s favorite is &#8220;You Better Watch Out!&#8221;

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		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/01/05/uncle-jays-2008-year-in-rearview/</link>
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		<title>&#8230;And We Will</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of this semester, I am requiring that all my students learn the following portion of then-Candidate Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Yes We Can&#8221; speech—which he delivered in New Hampshire (8 Jan 2008) as the &#8216;worse&#8217; concession speech of all time&#8230;
[9 min, 07 secs]
&#8220;We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no
matter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/01/05/and-we-will/</link>
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		<title>Happy Emancipation Day!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remembering &#8220;Freedom Day&#8221; is one of the traditions of my family.  I want my children to grow up with an awareness that freedom is never a given.  I also want them to learn the practice of regularly reevaluating the good that is ours, counting the cost to ourselves and to others, and then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/01/01/happy-emancipation-day/</link>
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		<title>What a Way to Spend New Year&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Eve, and I find myself in my classroom individually emailing each of the 22 students who received Incompletes for my class (for not completing 80% of their writing assignments), because I just found out that for some reason beyond their control they can&#8217;t see online what assignments they are missing.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2008/12/31/what-a-way-to-spend-new-years/</link>
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