One would hope racism is a thing of the past. It hasn't been totally wiped out, but something even more dangerous has taken its place. It's 'false racism', or calumny.

Racism is a horrid a sin. But false accusations of racism at someone who is not racist at all, is typical of one who uses calumny, or injuring another person's good name by lying.

Why has this been so prevalent? The accusation still seems to work. Everyone has been so paranoid about being racist, even a false accusation tends to taint the person accused.

Cases in point, where calumny has raised its ugly head recently:

A) Obama's friend, the scholar Henry Louis Gates, was arrested by a white Cambridge police officer (Sgt. James Crowley), and President Obama immediately drew the most sinister interpretation of any police officer's motive [profiling], and did not let the facts speak for themselves. Obama quickly sidestepped, and promptly requested Crowley join him at the White House for the much ballyhooed 'beer summit'.

Let's take a breather from the hard news of the day with MilesTones.

Rush Limbaugh is sore that his bid to buy the NFL St. Louis Rams, was blocked by Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and union leader DeMaurice Smith, all accusing him of being a racist. Rush shouldn't feel so bad about it. The Rams are not really hall of famers. Besides, he can always buy the LFL-The all women 'Lingerie Football League. See story about them on www.revaustinmiles.com  ....and there's more....

Irish reflections: Today, Notre Dame plays USC...the closest thing to the Catholic/Protestant clash in America. For the non-Irish...Notre Dame was a Catholic founded university and USC (University of Southern California) was founded as a Methodist university. And by the way...most Irish people (in Ireland) have never eaten Corn Beef & Cabbage! That's an American concoction.

One more thing about Ireland which the publication, "Irish Central," makes us aware of (arrrrgh!..didn't mean to end a sentence in a preposition!). Dentists over the pond think they're running jewelry stores. A man took his two sons to the dentist, they were in the chair for 20 minutes and were charged $200.00. That would add up to $14,000 a week. Looks like those Irish dentists are pulling more than teeth. No wonder it is called The Emerald Isle.