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Diversity War
Recent Facebook meme: “America – My Ancestors Didn’t Travel 4,000 Miles for the Place to Be Overrun by Immigrants” It is a continual and stupefying realization to me that a large percentage of self-professed “patriots” in the United States oppose … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged American, Black, Chinese, code talkers, constitution, diversity, English, German, immigration, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, minorities, multicultural, multilingual, religion, war, World War II
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Islamophobia Rises
On Wednesday, March 9th, Anderson Cooper of CNN conducted an interview with the leading candidate in the Republican primary race for President. This is a small (and oft-repeated) snippet from that conversation: Anderson Cooper: “Do you think Islam is at … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged bible, Bill Maher, Christian, conservative, GOP, hate, immigration, ISIS, Islam, Koran, Muslim, Qu'ran, Republican
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The Real Ebola Epidemic
Up till now, we’ve been lucky. Ebola has infiltrated the United States but has only claimed one victim here. It has, however, exposed some of the serious flaws in our health care system. As several experts have pointed out, our … Continue reading
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Tagged congress, conservative, ebola, epidemic, government, health, immigration, paranoia, travel
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The Second Term Begins
On Monday, January 21st, we saw the second inauguration of President Barack Obama, his first act in his second four-year term. After the speeches and the national anthem and the benediction, most networks—MSNBC, CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC—moved into discussions of … Continue reading
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Tagged austerity, congress, economy, election, finance, government, immigration, inauguration, jobs, military, Obama, president, Supreme Court, taxes
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Obama Accomplished Nothing, Nada, Zip
Another election season, another Big Lie. Oh, sure, the classic Big Lies are still out there: Social security is going bankrupt and must be privatized; union members are overpaid featherbedders; Democrats are wasteful spenders who are soft on defense; Barack … Continue reading
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Tagged compromise, congress, Democrat, dream act, economy, failure, filibuster, government, House, hypocrisy, immigration, jobs, legislation, media, progress, Republican, Senate, supermajority, unions
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Why the 14th Amendment?
There has been a recent spate of arguments in favor of amending the United States Constitution. Pressure to amend an amendment, actually. This new push is coming from conservatives, but it’s not a new impulse among them, and their true … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, conservative, economy, gay rights, government, history, hypocrisy, immigration, jobs, privacy, states rights
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