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 Illustration by Mr. Fish |
We have been, like nations on the periphery of empire, colonized.
Posted on May 14, 2012
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 AP/Stephanie Keith |
Retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard was arrested for the second time as part of the Occupy protests. His moral and intellectual courage stands in stark contrast with the timidity of nearly all clergy and congregants in all of our major religious institutions.
Posted on May 7, 2012
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 AP/Mahesh Kumar A. |
The World Health Organization calculates that one in four people in the United States suffers from chronic anxiety, a mood disorder or depression—which seems to me to be a normal reaction to our march toward collective suicide.
Posted on Apr 30, 2012
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 AP/Francois Mori |
I went to Lille in northern France to attend a rally held by the socialist candidate Francois Hollande. I could, with a few alterations, have been at a football rally in Amarillo, Texas.
Posted on Apr 23, 2012
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 Illustration by Mr. Fish |
Another Muslim activist has gone to prison as a result of the government’s criminalization of what people say and believe.
Posted on Apr 16, 2012
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 AP/J. David Ake |
There is no substantial difference between Obamacare and Romneycare. There is no substantial difference between Obama and Romney.
Posted on Apr 9, 2012
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 Illustration by Mr. Fish |
Our 16 national intelligence agencies and army of private contractors justify their existence by turning even the mundane into a potential threat. And by the time they finish, the nation will be a gulag.
Posted on Apr 2, 2012
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 AP / John Minchillo |
I spent four hours in a third-floor conference room at 86 Chambers St. in Manhattan on Friday as I underwent a government deposition.
Posted on Mar 26, 2012
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 Illustration by Mr. Fish |
We kill children nearly every day in Afghanistan. We do not usually kill them outside the structure of a military unit.
Posted on Mar 19, 2012
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 AP / Patrick Semansky |
The Supreme Court is expected to uphold the use of the Espionage Act of 1917 to punish those who expose war crimes and state lies.
Posted on Mar 12, 2012
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