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Author: Gloria Shur Bilchik
Gloria Shur Bilchik is a freelance writer and community volunteer in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the editor of Occasional Planet. She views the preservation of democratic values and progressive programs as vital to making the US a humane, livable place for her children and grandchildren.
I screamed at the radio when I heard Rep. Todd Akin say…
Republican incumbent Todd Akin [D-MO] shared 30 minutes of his time with host Don Marsh and listeners of St. Louis Public Radio’s “St. Louis
Group fights religious proselytizing at US Air Force Academy
Has “Onward, Christian Soldiers” replaced “Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder” as the official anthem of the US Air Force Academy? Has
Operation Dark Heart joins the censorship “Hall of Futility”
In a novel approach to censorship, the US Department of Defense [DOD] recently bought up the entire 10,000-copy first run of Operation Dark Heart,
Creating jobs, with “more” and “less”
There’s no denying that “shovel-ready” projects, like building new roads, bridges, runways and railroad tracks are good ways to generate new jobs—but they’re not
Racial, ethnic boundaries, city by city: Connect the dots
An “info-nerd” in California has translated data from the US Census Bureau into a map of the racial/ethnic divides in 40 American cities. On
“The Most Dangerous Man in America,” available, at last, on DVD
You have to be deep into middle age to know, first-hand, what Daniel Ellsberg did in the early 1970s to expose the top-level lies
Bad, good, ugly: Rules for voting in 10 swing states
If you want to register to vote in Arizona, you’d better bring along proof of citizenship. If you’d like to register in Nevada, make
The decline and fall of American economic values, in pictures
Economist Robert Reich knows how to tell a story. His blog postings, op-eds and tv commentaries never fail to be straightforward and to
One-person group: Not an oxymoron in new WA health care law
In a step forward for self-employed people seeking health insurance, Washington state legislators have redefined the meaning of the word “group.” According to the