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William Rivers Pitt | Laney’s Christmas
William Rivers Pitt: "Despite the grotesque perversion of simple morality that has so gruesomely twisted the fabric of life in America, we will someday prevail, and find a better …
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Ninety-Nine Years Ago: A Pause in the War on Christmas
Frank Richards remembers how Officers of both sides of a war came to an understanding that the unofficial truce during trench warfare on Christmas.
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Yes Virginia, There Is a Police State
Hyperbole? You decide if this is how you believe the police should behave when citizens are exercising their constitutional right to free speech.
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Is MoveOn Less Progressive Than the New York Times Editorial Board?
The same day that the Times editorialized to excoriate President Obama for his latest betrayal of civil liberties, MoveOn sent out a huge email blast sucking up to Obama.
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“Safe, Humane, Legal, Transparent”? Inside Guantanamo
When asked if his administration would investigate torture allegations, Obama said it would be unproductive to “look backwards.”
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Conscientious Objectors Needed Now More Than Ever
History is chock full of conscientious objection, though it sometimes takes some hunting around to glimpse it.
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Advice for Young Women: Get a Union Job
Whether they're soldering on an assembly line or educating the next generation of young professionals or rallying in the street for a decent contract, union women are everywhere.
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Yes Virginia, Obama and the Democrats Are Mussolini-Style Corporatists, Just Like the Republicans
It's going to take a lot more pressure than we see now from ordinary citizens to shake up this cozy duopoly.
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Campaign Cash Rules Drown in the Bathtub
The FEC has yet to issue any rules interpreting the Citizens United decision of nearly four years ago.
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The Day Santa Really Went Black
Images are powerful, and that's why it was such an issue at our house on Land Park Drive when Santa Went Black, recalls Dr. Wilmer Leon III.