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A Decent Proposal

By: Eddie Vince Many are worried about the economy, not only in the States but everywhere. Some suggests fiscal conservatism and minimalist government intervention within the free market, while others suggest the government needs to step into unethical and destructive business practices preying on the people. Well, I think…

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February 18, 2012

Country / Government / Media / Politics

Severely

You have noticed that Republicans dominate the news scene day after day, and have for at least the last two decades. It is no accident. It is a unified and scripted approach to gaining dominance, pushing minority beliefs through techniques of fear and angst through a friendly, corporate media.…

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February 14, 2012

Britain/England/UK / Country / Culture / Current Events / Entertainment / Government / Media / Politics

A Very Grey Country; Britain

I live in Britain, known informally by the rest of the world as 'England', whose official name is the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' a state that has only been in existence for less than 80 years. Despite being legally unified with Wales in the 1530s,…

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February 12, 2012

Corporate Elite Put us on this Path of Doom / Culture / Current Events / Prejudice / Rachel Hockett - Articles / Society

Uprooting Racism and Homophobia

“I'm a Christian man and I command a Christian ship! I will not lead men into sin!” ~Captain Thomas Davies (Roots) I recently watched the 1977 television miniseries Roots again, and discovered, again, why it was such a huge hit when it premiered: a sweeping saga about an American…

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February 2, 2012

Corporate Elite Put us on this Path of Doom / Country / Editorials / Education / Government / Media

Obama, Achiever; Republicans, Deceivers

By Jim Hoover Acrimony and lies are so much a part of Republican rhetoric that we need a full-time monitor just to catch and register the breadth and the scope of Republican fabrication, for it is rampant. We also need a historian to research the wild references made by…

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January 31, 2012

Country / Culture / Current Events / Editorials / Government / News / Old News / Politics / Prejudice / Society

A Letter From a South Side Apartment

A couple of years ago, I read Dr. Martin Luther King’s A Letter from a Birmingham Jail and I was mesmerized by the passion and anger in his words and although we are in the second decade of the 21st century, his words still resonate. This letter I am…

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January 31, 2012

Censorship / Culture / Current Events / Government / Miscellaneous / Politics / Society

ACTA

By: Amanda Übermansch Perhaps both the problem and the solution with PIPA and SOPA being so publicized is that many people didn't realize that international legislation aimed at a plurilateral agreement among countries, on a voluntary basis, called Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) acts in the same manner as PIPA…

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January 27, 2012

Country / Education / Philosophy / Politics

Our Future: Curse or Care?

By OcJim Who are the people responsible for the starvation of education in America and the heartless treatment of the vulnerable? We all have a role in this disgrace, but the biggest role can be laid at the feet of the rich -- most notably, Wall Street marauders, conservative…

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January 25, 2012

Celebrities / Country / Editorials / Media / Politics / Society

Newt Stir; Mitt Sterile

By OcJim Now that Mitt has released his 2010 tax statement, we can breathe easier knowing, by example, how the rich do it. Ergo, we can become as rich as Mitt. Instead of envying the rich from afar, we can watch rich in our own mirrors behind closed doors.…

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January 24, 2012

Editorials / Government / Politics

Don’t Cry for Mitt — or Keystone

By OcJim President Obama made an important announcement: as currently planned, the Keystone Pipeline will be dropped. The response from Republicans was predictable. I do get tired of right wing lies, like John Boehner’s claim that the Keystone Pipeline would create 100,000 jobs. Even more brazen and divorced from…

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January 20, 2012