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Eugene Robinson | Palin’s Egocentric Umbrage
Washington - In the spirit of civil discourse, I'd like to humbly suggest that Sarah Palin please consider being quiet for a while. Perhaps a great while.
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | Health Care and the New Civility
Washington - President Obama's call for “a more civil and honest public discourse” will get its first test much sooner than we expected.
Remembering MLK: The Things We
Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been 82 this month, and his assassination occurred nearly 43 years ago. As we get further and further from that time, memories get …
Wal-Mart Is Not a Person
The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from …
National Insanity
MLK Was a Working-Class Hero
“I AM A MAN,” the signs proclaimed in large, bold letters. They were held high, proudly and defiantly, by African-American men marching through the streets of Memphis, Tennessee, in …
21st Century Segregation: Inverting King’s Dream
Brian Jones has asked us to pause during the 2011 MLK Day to consider King's reaction to the achievement gap that persists well into the twenty-first century, suggesting that …
America Not as Politically Conservative as You Think
Voters self-identify as conservatives for several reasons, only one of which is that it reflects their politics.
Tom H. Hastings | The Invisible King
You watch. Over the weekend and on Monday, the Hallmarked memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be sanitized and blackwashed until he is no more than a …
How Retirement Is Being Reinvented Worldwide
People are working longer – out of necessity and choice – as the world undergoes one of the biggest demographic shifts in history. Boston - When business conditions in …