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My Grandmother Takes a Stand for Gay Marriage in Church Despite Being a Glenn Beck Follower
I was shocked when I heard that my conservative Grandma had stormed out of church after her pastor denounced “being gay as the worst sin.” My 81-year-old grandmother, who …
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Arizona
You know you’re in trouble when “The Daily Show” sends a “fake correspondent” to your state capitol. Perhaps it was inevitable - who could resist the irony of a …
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Nelson Proposes War Bonds to Fund Wars
Working to help fund ongoing wars without sharp tax increases or increased foreign borrowing has led Nebraska's Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) to introduce a new measure: the US War …
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Tom Engelhardt | The Nine Surges of Obama
In his Afghan “surge” speech at West Point last week, President Obama offered Americans some specifics to back up his new “way forward in Afghanistan.” He spoke of …
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Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill Means “Targeted Killings“
Kampala - Uganda will be going back to the days of the Idi Amin regime if it passes a Bill which will arrest or kill people for being gay …
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Indian Land Trust Abuse and the Woman Who Finally Got US to Pay Up
Bozeman, Montana - This week's landmark settlement on behalf of as many as 500,000 native Americans, in which the US agreed to pay $3.4 billion to right a century …
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Innocent Guantánamo Torture Victim Fouad al-Rabiah Is Released in Kuwait
The long ordeal of Fouad al-Rabiah, an innocent man and a 50-year-old father of four, who had been in US custody for almost exactly eight years, finally came to …
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Mr. President, War Is Not Peace
Eloquence in Oslo cannot change the realities of war. As President Obama neared the close of his Nobel address, he called for “the continued expansion of our moral imagination.” …
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Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech: A Just and Lasting Peace
Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize Thursday, December 10th, 2009 Oslo, Norway Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and …
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Beck: We Should “Just Abolish Medicare“
Yesterday, Senate Democrats working on health care reform reached a compromise on the public option that will create a network of nonprofit insurers