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Category: Community/Common good

Red Hen

Red Hen Incident reminds us of the wisdom of Michelle Obama’s words – “When they go low, we go high”

June 24, 2018 Arthur Lieber Activism, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Community/Common good, Democracy, Human Rights Leave a comment

Is it understandable that the frustration of living in a world with the duplicity of Donald Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and others would want

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Bagalan-Djene

Kurdish Rights and Autonomy in the Middle East

March 30, 2018 Adam Levin Civil liberties, Community/Common good, Human Rights, International, Protest/Resistance Leave a comment

The March for Our Lives on March 24th received much-needed attention from the mainstream press. However, March 24th also saw demonstrations across the world

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Truth-Lies

Leaders Who Lie: The Sorting Hat

January 19, 2018 James Wilson 2016 Election, Campaigns, Community/Common good, Corruption, Democracy, Government, Politics, Trump One comment

President Trump began his Presidency by falsely asserting that his Inaugural crowd was larger than Obama’s, a claim easily refuted by comparing aerial photographs

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Las Vegas Shooting

Mitch, Sarah, I’m getting antsy. When can we talk gun control?

October 3, 2017 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Community/Common good, Crime/Violence, Guns, Justice, Public safety, Republican Brain, Republicans, Violence One comment

Mitch McConnell, Sarah Huckabee Sanders and most other Republicans are champions when it comes to playing “Kick the can down the road.” You can

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Kapernick

Really, all we can do is fixate on a flag and an anthem?

September 25, 2017 Arthur Lieber Activism, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Community/Common good, Constitution, Democracy, Federalism, Ideas, Republican Brain One comment

So, we are largely a nation of test-takers rather than critical thinkers. This can tell you a lot about the obsession so many have

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Government Working

A few thoughts on the word ‘work’

September 22, 2017 Arthur Lieber Activism, Community/Common good, Ethics, Good government, Republican Brain Leave a comment

There are few words in the English language that lend themselves more to disparate interpretations than ‘work.’ It’s been on my radar recently, first

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Harvey Streets

Harvey once again raises the justice vs. charity issue

September 3, 2017 Arthur Lieber Climate Change, Community/Common good, Congress, Democracy, Good government, Justice, Republican Brain One comment

It’s like clockwork. A disaster occurs and the airwaves are full of appeals for help from all of us who are clearly more fortunate

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Tracking Trump’s regulatory rollbacks: so far, so bad

August 19, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Community/Common good, Consumer issues, Energy, Environment, Good government, Trump 3 comments

While Donald Trump distracts us with bellicose pronouncements and internecine White House wars, his henchmen in regulatory agencies are methodically rolling back decades of

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Silent protesters

Could we have a little silence and reflection about the Comey thing?

May 10, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Community/Common good, Corruption, Democracy, Ethics, Republican Brain, Trump Leave a comment

At first I enjoyed it; Jeffrey Toobin on CNN going ballistic over the Comey firing. Then there was the normal outrage from Dana Bash

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Janesville, WI

What’s the Matter with Janesville?

May 7, 2017 Arthur Lieber Capitalism, Cities, Community/Common good, Employment, Republican Brain Leave a comment

Each Thursday on the PBS NewsHour, plain-speaking economist Paul Salmon explains difficult issues in his “Making Sen$e” segment. This past week he focused on

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