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In Search Of My Ancestral History

August 12, 2018 5678

On receiving the results of my DNA test through Ancestry.com, there was really only one major surprise – and it was a BIG one. I’ve always had a pretty good knowledge of my family’s history in America because my ancestors had been good in passing along facts through oral history, and my nephew, Drew Sanders,

Another Exoneration From Dallas County; Another Unerasable Stain On The Texas Justice System

May 30, 2018 4743

My friend and fellow fighter for justice, Cory Session, who works with the Innocence Project of Texas, has just informed me that another wrongfully convicted man will be exonerated in Dallas on Wednesday. By the way, Cory is the brother of Tim Cole who died in prison after being falsely accused and convicted of a

Trump Has Palestinian Blood On His Hands

May 15, 2018 5154

No amount of water or disinfectant can wipe the blood from Donald Trump’s hands after the wholesale massacre Monday of protesting Palestinians by Israeli soldiers along the Gaza/Israel border. The president’s unconscionable decision to relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem – defying decades of American policy — was an affront not only

Easter, The Passover, & The Death of Martin Luther King Jr.

April 1, 2018 5329

Several years ago, when these religious traditions and tragedies (Easter, Passover and Martin Luther King’s death) merged within the same week, I wrote a commentary for KERA-FM radio which National Public Radio aired on its acclaimed program “All Things Considered” (ATC) hosted by its original anchorwoman, Susan Stamberg. A few years later, Susan published a book

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One of the greatest men I have ever met, Bob Ray Sanders is still a glowing light of poise, intelligence, and noble compassion in a world hurling itself into greed and dysfunction, a world with still a bright hope. Bob Ray will lift up that hope and that faith, and somewhere his sainted mother will be smiling along with all the angels. His penetrating understanding of issues will surely be a great and wonderful change from the strange twist some so called news programs have presented. Bob Ray will give balanced views, but not a balance between insane and sane, but between reasonable opinions. I advise anyone to read and keep up, if they can, with perhaps the greatest journalist of our times.

Mitch Sotelo

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