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Israeli Commandos Kill Gaza Aid Volunteers
The Port of Gaza was so beautiful yesterday morning. The quay, constructed from concrete columns broken up in segments, laid in piles in a huge “L” leading out into …
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This Memorial Day, a Modest Plea for More Honest Military Recruiting Ads
Visiting my local cemetery, I walk quietly through the serried ranks of identical military gravestones, all adorned with American flags, a few adorned with flowers or religious figures or …
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Joe Brewer | Why You Should Care About the Psychology of Disgust
Are you someone who struggles to understand why people behave the way they do in politics? Perhaps you've been confused by all the fervor against gay marriage. Or maybe …
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A Veteran Speaks Out About Being “Un-American” on Memorial Day (2)
Memorial Day, observed since the end of the Civil War, is a day that we honor the soldiers who have fallen in the service of their country. As a …
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Corporations Profit From Permanent War: Memorial Day 2010
US law officially proclaims Memorial Day “as a day of prayer for permanent peace.” However, the US is much closer to permanent war than permanent peace. Corporations are profiting …
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The Split: A Self and Nation Divided
In April 2001, I was on a solo road trip researching Nevada light, sage basins, indigo mountains and small town casinos for my novel Going Through Ghosts. I had …
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Corporatizing and Militarizing Memorial Day for “Fun” and Profit
Since the beginning of the 20th century, some 650,000 Americans have died fighting this country's many wars. Regardless of political affiliation and ideology, every American ought reverence such selfless …
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Gulf Oil Spill: “This Disaster Just Got Enormously Worse“
Washington - If the growing oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico isn't contained soon—and the latest efforts suggest that's unlikely—then the damage to the fragile region will intensify …
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Ordinary Workers Would Be Fired in a Second If They Screwed Up Anywhere Nearly as Bad as the Bankers Have
There has been little change in personnel and no acknowledgment of error at the central banks whose incompetence was responsible for the crisis. The world is suffering from the …
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House Hears of Dental Mercury Ending Up in Fish
An agreement to have dentists voluntarily reduce mercury emissions from their offices has been largely ineffective, exposing Americans to more mercury in their fish, representatives of state environmental agencies …