Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are shayera, Lousiana 1976, Alfonso Nevarez, dopper0189, jennyjem and grog.

• In the history of corporations pt 5, Lenny Flank focuses on the nature of corporations during the New Deal and through WWII. (Alfonso Nevarez)
• DParker takes us back 80 years to the unlikely events that marked the start of the civil rights movement in Great moments in criminal defense: the Scottsboro boys. (grog)
• goinsouth offers some thoughts on how to Change Your Life -> Change the World. (shayera)
• indiemcemopants doesn't think that certain Americans should have to bide their time until they are endowed with certain inalienable rights, and says, Just wait? NO. (jennyjem)
• erratic pens an evocative story of work with kids in low-income public housing: On positive conflict: James the Baptist. (grog)
• Disgusted by the barrage of Super Bowl Ads intended to convince viewers that men are hopelessly oppressed, cabaretic argues that Contrary to Some Voices, Masculinity is Not Under Attack. (Alfonso Nevarez)
• American Pie spots something suspicious in Defense Secretary Robert Gates rebidding of the contracts: Is Robert Gates Protecting a Criminal Enterprise? (dopper0189)
• SisTwo gives us her engrossing personal account of how and why she became The Salt-Free Me. (Louisiana 1976)

jotter gives us the day's High Impact Diaries: February 7, 2010, while virgomusic has Top Comments - A Heap of Coolness Edition.

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