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Chuck Norris: A Bar of Soap and a Box of Rocks
When combating repulsive fundamentalist Christian religious supremacists like Chuck Norris, you don't need to be a martial arts black belt. You only need to consider the telling attributes of …
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The NYT’s Trouble with Drones
The New York Times is trying to push the administration on Obama’s illegal drone program. Their appraisal is that the Obama administration is dragging its feet when it …
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The Iraq War: Ten Years, Five Poems of Remembrance
It has been ten years since the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq spearheaded by the George W. Bush administration. It is an occasion for remembrance, reflection and deep …
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Calculating the True Cost of War
According to a recent Harvard report, the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will end up costing U.S. taxpayers up to $6 trillion in the long term. The report …
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Teach the Children War
The National Museum of American History, and a billionaire who has funded a new exhibit there, would like you to know that we're going to need more wars if …
The Iraq Retrospective We Deserve
On this 10-year anniversary, that dialogue is needed more than ever if there's to be any hope of limiting wars of aggression in the future.
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On Heels of Successful Death Penalty Repeal in Maryland, Exonerated Death Row Prisoner, Kirk Bloodsworth, Urges Delaware Senate to Follow Suit
Today, less than a week after Maryland's legislature passed Governor O'Malley's bill to abolish the state's death penalty, Kirk Bloodsworth, exonerated death row prisoner, current advocacy director of Witness …
“Debt Crisis:” The Myth Behind the Myth
While the two major parties plot strategy for the next battle in the federal debt-reduction war, another war rages among economists over the question, "Is debt really the federal …
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Ferlinghetti Triumphs Again!
Many poetry readers born around the time of the Second World War feel an abiding loyalty to the excitement of the rebellious 1950s-'60s poets (and of the associated magazines, …
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Violence against Women is Integral to War and Armed Conflict: The Urgent Necessity of the Universal Implementation of UNSCR 1325
Violence against women (VAW) under the present system of militarized state security is not an aberration that can be stemmed by specific denunciations and prohibitions. VAW is and always …