17 January 2011
Following, not just commemorating, Dr. King – in Words. Deeds. Action…
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Jesse Jackson
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lived till he was just 39. He has been dead now longer than he lived.

Sadly, too many who never worked with, or even supported, Dr. King while he was alive and in the middle of the struggle, now...
15 January 2011
The paradox of disarmanent
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Robert Koehler
Will there be copycats?

Will parents let their children attend political rallies anymore? Will Congress ever come to our corner again?

We witness another impromptu festival of American violence, this one in front...
15 January 2011
What Eisenhower got wrong
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David Swanson
Fifty years ago this Monday, President Dwight Eisenhower gave a farewell address in which he famously warned of the dangers of influence on our government by the "military industrial complex." Our current Secretary of War, Robert Gates,...
13 January 2011
The Second Amendment DEMANDS gun control
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Harvey Wasserman
The Second Amendment supports those of us who would CONTROL guns---and thus prevent the insane slaughter that compromises our security.

James Madison and the Founders of this nation would be enraged to see the Second Amendment...
11 January 2011
One more year of inhumanity coming to a close. What happens next?
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Pablo Ouziel
This year the list of atrocities committed under the guise of representative democracy is extensive, as anyone concerned in analyzing the actions of governments in the West can ascertain. If it was our wish, we could bombard the airwaves...
10 January 2011
The Tuscon shooting: We must place blame where it belongs
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Andy Ostoy
It's been quite disconcerting to see how lamely the mainstream news media has been handling the aftermath of the tragic shooting spree in Tuscon Saturday which killed six people (including a 9-year-old girl) and wounded fourteen others,...

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