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A Hunger for Justice: Guantanamo Day 100
May 16, 2013 • 7:24 pm
Today I refused to eat. On this 100th day of the detainee hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison, not eating was the least that I could do to acknowledge and claim as my own the detainees’ unimaginable suffering. To be real, it was also the least that I could do to…
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Angelina's Choice
May 14, 2013 • 3:27 pm
When I woke up this morning, the internet was ablaze with kudos to Angelina Jolie for her NYT op ed piece about her decision to have prophylactic bilateral mastectomy. The cheers were loud and immediate. And they made me really, really uncomfortable. Before I get too far, I will say this unequivocally…
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Why is Corporate America inciting violence in Chicago?
May 8, 2013 • 9:51 am
“At times like this when CPS [Chicago Public Schools] is making an attempt to close the most schools at one time in the nation, I don’t think you need another Columbine or Connecticut or another suicide because of bullying.” Sherise McDaniel, Chicago Public School parent …
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Why I Support Keeping a Woman On British Banknotes
May 7, 2013 • 11:07 am
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When Will Americans Learn that Blowback is Real?
April 29, 2013 • 12:10 pm
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Sandra Day O'Connor's Mea Culpa
May 1, 2013 • 9:46 am
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A Thousand Small Deaths.
April 21, 2013 • 8:39 am
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Beating a Very Dead Horse 101
April 17, 2013 • 10:28 am
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Our Incredible Shrinking President
May 16, 2013 • 4:55 pm
It seems like a long time since January, 2009 when Barack Obama was inaugurated after a campaign of promising that he would be a combination of Abraham Lincoln and FDR to where we are today. A large percentage of the population's disappointment has been palpable. With the exception of…
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The IRS was Right to Scrutinize "Tea Party" Groups
May 14, 2013 • 2:29 pm
Tea Party Groups want you to pay for their political organizing. (image: REUTERS/ Jonathan Ernst) Richard B. Simon So, let me get this straight. Conservative political organizing groups, formed in electoral opposition to the new presidency of Barack Obama because they are against "government han…
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Great Gatsby Roulette
May 1, 2013 • 12:25 pm
It was May of my senior year in college. Everybody was coasting, knowing either what they were going to be doing the next year, or that they’d be doing nothing. Except for one guy, Tom. Tom had been accepted at medical school–Harvard, no less–so his future …
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World War II Fly Boys
April 21, 2013 • 9:52 am
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Role Model
April 16, 2013 • 1:19 pm
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Mom Always Liked Me Best
April 11, 2013 • 10:26 am
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Hope For "Catholic Spring" Eternal
April 5, 2013 • 9:19 am
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The Judging of the Poetry Contest
April 2, 2013 • 9:37 am
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