I just got this video from Mayors Against Illegal Guns. It’s the most effective advocacy I’ve ever seen. “Every day, 34 American families say
Vexation about DC representation
One of the new Republican Congressional majority’s first moves in January 2011 was a smack-down of the 600,000 residents of Washington DC. On the
Why Wisconsin is ground zero of the billionaires’ assault on America
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Can a movement tolerate ambiguity?
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Madison: a middle-class uprising
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Sometimes, we need a soft and slow line
There seems to always be a line that can’t be crossed. Real or imagined, people are reluctant to go into unfamiliar or forbidden territory,
Should we fear the Muslim Brotherhood?
The hysterical reporting, in some mainstream media outlets, about Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is rooted in ignorance. In his recent article in Truthdig, “Fear Not
De-funding imagination: a bad economic move
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Why can’t we get real about illegal guns?
With polling numbers showing that a majority of Americans support sensible, effective measures like those proposed by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, why is it
Mayors vs. illegal guns
Another senseless mass killing has put the issue of gun control and illegal guns front and center in the public debate. Sadly, we’ve been