Jul 28 2012
Fists of Freedom: An Olympic Story Not Taught in Schools By Dave Zirin, July 23, 2012 3:00 am PDT It’s been almost 44 years since Tommie Smith and John Carlostook the medal stand following the 200-meter dash at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and created what must be considered the most enduring, riveting …
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Jul 20 2012
America in denial: We’re number 29 (of 30) By Paul Rosenberg, 19 Jul 2012 09:51 Responding to the jingoism around the First Gulf War, Andrew Shapiro’s 1992 book, We’re Number One!: Where America Stands – and Falls – in the New World Order was a sober-minded reality check on how the US really measured …
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Jul 19 2012
Why I’ve Stopped Singing in Your Church By Bill Blankschaen, July 15, 2012 I love music. Truly I do. I love to sing. But you wouldn’t know it on Sunday morning when I’m visiting your church. I’m not talking to all of you, of course. I’m sure many churches, maybe even yours, get it …
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Jul 18 2012
The bane of Bain and Mitt Romney’s diminishing tax returns By Lizz Winstead, Wednesday 18 July 2012 18.06 EDT It’s been a long week for Governor Guess-My-Worthiness: Mitt Romney. For those of you too busy collecting a six-figure paycheck for a job you no longer do, this is a reminder that it’s Day Five …
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Jul 13 2012
Confronting Pamela Geller By Harris Zafar, 07/13/2012 7:14 am “As a Jew, I am offended to my core. Muslims have no right to invoke Moses and Abraham. This is a delegitimization of Judaism. It is offensive and vile. And while Jesus is not my guy, the same thing goes for him. It is a …
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Jul 13 2012
Woody Guthrie at 100: the return of a pariah By Billy Bragg, Thursday 12 July 2012 16.30 EDT The construction team that kept hammering away all night outside my hotel window in downtown Tulsa are gone by the morning, the fierce glare of the Oklahoma summer forcing them into the shade to rest. A …
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Jul 06 2012
The Military Solution By Tom Engelhardt, 9:51AM, July 05, 2012 Americans may feel more distant from war than at any time since World War II began. Certainly, a smaller percentage of us — less than 1% — serves in the military in this all-volunteer era of ours and, on the face of it, Washington’s constant …
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