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Wealthy Clubs

In some rather startling news from today, Real Madrid has overtaken Manchester United as the most valuable sports franchise in the world. At $3.3 billion, Real Madrid narrowly edged out Manchester United, which is valued at $3.15 billion. For comparison … Continue reading

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Kids Supporting Gay Marriage

As proceedings on the legality of same-sex marriages have come to a close in the Supreme Court, an interesting phenomenon has been observed: children sending letters of support for same-sex marriage to the Supreme Court. With an impending ruling due … Continue reading

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My e-Portfolio!

I have actually already finished my e-Portfolio using the online website maker weebly.com. Ideally, my portfolio will be useful as a tool for applications and professional development in the future. Because of this, I use a tone that is professional … Continue reading

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Change in Racism Policy?

This week in Europe has produced nothing too incredibly exciting. Manchester United lost to Manchester City in the premier league (unfortunately), although that seems unlikely to change the outcome of the premier league as Manchester United still hold a 12 … Continue reading

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An Interesting Trend in Support

With the legality of Proposition eight and DOMA coming before the Supreme Court last week, there has been a surge in the number of politicians and individuals who publicly support gay marriage. The first huge victory for the supporters of … Continue reading

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Advocacy Plans

For my advocacy project, I have decided that I will be making a sort of commercial or informational video that could be seen as an advertisement calling ordinary citizens to action to support universal healthcare. After talking to Mrs. Babich, … Continue reading

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Victory at the Azteca = A Draw

How could I not start off this week with perhaps one of the biggest results in United States history? Last week, the United States played Mexico at their stadium fortress known as the Azteca, where the United States has only … Continue reading

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Advocacy Project Ideas

For the advocacy project, I am considering going in several different directions. The first idea would be a movie or commercial supporting universal healthcare (oh, did I mention that I changed my topic?). I am pretty committed to this one … Continue reading

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A Win?

The United States won a qualifier! Maybe… The game, played in Colorado, was feisty from the beginning, but snow in excess of four inches covered the field. Although the United States won 1-0 via a goal from newly promoted captain … Continue reading

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A Sad End For Michael Owen

Manchester United have increased their lead atop the premier league to an astonishing 15 points with only nine games left to go. To bring that into perspective, as long as United win four of their final five games, they are … Continue reading

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