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Jan 22 2012

They just aren’t buying

Carville to GOP: You have a disaster on your hands

By James Carville, 2:41 PM EST, Sat January 21, 2012 … Memo to Republican Establishment: I would send this memo to each of you individually, but I’m not sure exactly…  [more]

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Jan 22 2012

Unsayable

The World War on Democracy

By John Pilger, January 20, 2012 … Lisette Talate died the other day. I remember a wiry, fiercely intelligent woman who masked her grief with a determination that was a presence. She was the embodiment…  [more]

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Jan 16 2012

More complicated than simple outrage

Marines Urinating on Corpses—What the Video Doesn’t Show

By Annie Keeghan, January 13, 2012 1:11PM … I was getting ready to post another blog, one more lighthearted than the last that received so much attention and inspired some great dialogue…  [more]

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Jan 16 2012

Because injustice is here

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

By Martin Luther King, Jr., 16 April 1963 … 16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise…  [more]

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Jan 15 2012

These moral contradictions

We’re all guilty of dehumanizing the enemy

By  Sebastian Junger, January 13 … The video that emerged in recent days appearing to show four U.S. Marines urinating on several dead Taliban fighters has outraged many people in this country. Secretary…  [more]

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Jan 15 2012

Protestant empire

Where Exactly Is Biblical Israel?

By , 1/14/12 05:07 PM ET … The phrase “Biblical Israel” often passes on the lips of Republican presidential contenders, representatives of the Netanyahu government, and Israeli settlers. But where exactly is this…  [more]

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Jan 14 2012

Is this land made for you and me?

Woody Guthrie, more relevant than ever

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Friday, Jan 13, 2012 9:53 AM 11:50:33 CST … The traveling medicine show known as the race for the Republican presidential nomination has moved on from Iowa…  [more]

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