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Syria chemical weapons attack: Kerry accuses Assad of 'a moral obscenity'
CAPTIONS1/3Alan: Yes, the use of chemical weapons is a "moral obscenity." But why not name Bush's Whimsy War in Iraq a "moral obscenity?" Why isn't the Vietnam "conflict" called a "moral obscenity?...
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New Mexico's Largest County (Along With Albuquerque) Allow Gay Marriage
Alan: Notably, Albuquerque has the highest percentage of Catholics of any major U.S. city. It is also notable that Hispanic Catholics are the U.S. ethnicity most supportive of gay marriage....
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"The End Of Power" - Richard Cohen's Review Of A Book Recommended By Bill...
Alan: The following article reveals columnist, Richard Cohen, at his best and worst. "Some of the more criminally insane members of the Republican caucus are talking about shutting down the government...
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Worldwide Women's History On The Web (The CLIO Project)
Sharbat Gula, 1984After years of patriarchySharbat Gula, 2003http://speakinganthropology.blogspot.com/2012/05/afghan-girl.html***Welcome to The Clio Projecthttp://www.clioproject.org/The Clio Project:...
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BYÂ THE WORLDÂ â‹…Â AUGUST 26, 2013Sterile South African woman adopts orphans and other unwanted children because she "wants to share her love."
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New York Times Essay: "Everyone Be Quiet"
Shhh! Men are thinking.Photo by Jennifer Polixenni Brankin/Getty ImagesBy Katy Waldman | Posted Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013George Prochnik had a beautifully written essay in the New York Times on Sunday...
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Obama and Syria
Dear Ed,Thanks for your email.I completely agree with your assessment.As cruel as it sounds, the Arabs may be fated to have a Sunni-Shia War just as Protestants and Catholics had their 30 Years War....
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Bill Clinton Explains Why He Became a Vegan
Bill Clinton shows off an all-veggie lunch spread representing the foods he now eats, and enjoys. — Ben BakerEn español l When Bill Clinton invited me to lunch in May, I knew better than to expect...
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Nissan Promises To Sell Self-Diving Cars By 2020
Nissan wants this on the road by 2020Nissan has said it is two car generations away from building mass-market self-driving vehicles, and has promised to have the first hands-free automobiles available...
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Stand Your Ground Aficionados: Middle School Bullies Then, Middle School...
The All-American belief that violence is a solution to every problemis as dimwitted as Rick Perry.http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/general/spiral-of-violence.htm
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"Spiral of Violence" by Archbishop Dom Helder Camara
Download Hélder Câmara's Spiral of Violence in PDF (5MB)Text of BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day on CamaraNew - plain text of Camara's book (further down this page)Spiral of Violence by Dom...
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Iowa Abortions Drop 30% Despite Greater Access
The abortion debate is most muddled by the erroneous presumption among pro-Life advocates that the proscription of abortion will either end or hugely diminish the practice of abortion. Once we accept...
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"Why I Am Against The War In Vietnam," Martin Luther King Jr.
"Why I Am Against The War In Vietnam"This speech -- available below in written text and audio rendition -- is the most comprehensive and deeply conceived of King's social, economic and political...
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Violence Begets What It Seeks To Destroy. Instead Of Diminishing Evil, It...
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. You may murder the liar, but you cannot...
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Martin Luther King Jr: "The first question which the priest and the Levite...
In the end, every human being makes a primary commitment to "self" or "other."When making this core choice, the perennial dodge of American conservatives is to allege that omniscience and benevolence...
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"I Have A Dream" (Behind The Speech)
During King's "I Have A Dream" speech, Mahalia Jackson called out to the reverend, "Tell 'em about the dream, Martin! Tell 'em about the dream!"In response, King abandoned his written speech and spoke...
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