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 The Corwin Amendment was offered to the southern states before Civil War hostilities really got going, in an effort to keep the United States together, and would have enshrined the constitutional right to own slaves in perpetuity. The House of Representatives passed it, the Senate passed it, and it went to the states for ratification but the southern states, feeling very confident they would win the war quickly, instead continued with secession activity.

And we all know how that worked out.

But, what if they had just taken the deal instead? Think about how long would slavery have existed in America. Until 1880? Until 1900? Until 1920? Until 1950? And how would it eventually go away? 

Talk about alternative history! 

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My grandmother and mother get into a contretemps over my upbringing, with my grandmother offering her unsolicted advice to my mother about how to bring up boys.

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Road trip to Memphis from New Orleans and a Memphis cop scolds us for being in a dangerous neighborhood at 3 AM.....

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I owned two Oldsmobile Toronados, a 1966 and a 1967. I loved both cars, loved driving both cars, and put many thousands of pleasurable miles on each one. Here are two stories connected to the 1966 Toronado and one story that belongs to my time with the 1967 Toronado.

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Random guy rates his life on a scale of 1-5.

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 Our brains don't have a "Delete" function; you''re stuck with whatever got shoved in there when you were a kid. Your mind and personality are both like soft clay when you are a child - very malleable, easily shaped. And if you had some awful stuff going on in those early years, and you became a little misshapen, it's tough to make yourself be at least "kind of" normal as an adult. But, it can be done. 

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Two famous husbands who were very different men, but their problem with Marilyn was the same.

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Short review of "Remittance", a drama about an OFW working as a maid in Singapore and her family's betrayal of her.

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The explanation of the step-by-step process required to change your legal name on your United States Green Card, including the necessary forms and fees.

Also covers the in-person biometric visit to a USCIS facility.

Current as of April 17, 2025.

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Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman, two actors at different stages in their careers, make this American film classic, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, really stand out in terms of emotional impact.

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