16 January 2008
What MLK said about change
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David Swanson
These are some of the words of Martin Luther King Jr.:

"The nonviolent strategy has been to dramatize the evils of our society in such a way that pressure is brought to bear against those evils by the forces of good will in...
13 January 2008
The speech McCain should give
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David Swanson
I am not a United States Senator today. I am not a candidate for President. Today, on the 6th anniversary of the first incarcerations at Guantanamo, I am a man who has been tortured.

There are two key types of people in the...
13 January 2008
Washington state Senator introduces resolution exhorting Congress to Impeach Cheney and Bush
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David Swanson
Washington state Senator Eric Oemig has drafted a resolution urging the U.S. Congress to impeach Bush and Cheney and remove them from office. Oemig plans to introduce his resolution (SJM 8016) when the legislative session begins on January...
12 January 2008
To Nancy, with all due respect
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David Swanson
Dear Nancy.  Cindy asked me to write you a letter and promised she would deliver it.  So I picture the two of you in your home over tea as you peruse this and a four-foot stack of similar missives, and I hope mine catches your eye, and I...
11 January 2008
Media misses story: Obedwards wins New Hampshire
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Paul Loeb
As media commentators proclaim Hillary Clinton's rebirth from the ashes of defeat, they miss a critical story--Obama and Edwards won the New Hampshire primary. Add together Obama's 36 percent and Edwards's 17, and they beat Clinton's 39...
10 January 2008
Primary concerns
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Robert Koehler
As the breathless sports coverage of the presidential primaries bursts around me this morning, I’m doing my best to resist surrendering to the contrived drama about “comeback kids” and the flying shrapnel of numbers and hold onto my...

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