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racism

On-line comments: Where racism reigns

April 7, 2018 Steve Sorkin Language/Words, Media Leave a comment

Against the advice of my cardiologist, I occasionally look at the on-line comments at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website.  No surprise the comments are

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Bill of Rights

Quick Quiz: Which one of the twelve items below has nothing to do with a civilized society?

April 3, 2018 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Constitution, Democracy, Guns, Human Rights, Justice Leave a comment

You cannot be forced to have someone stay in your house of you don’t want them to be your guest. If you are arrested

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freedom

Fighting to protect our freedom?

April 2, 2018 Susan Cunningham Military Leave a comment

I have to share some thoughts about how we are being manipulated into repeating the falsehood that our military men and women are “fighting

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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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“Xenophobic, anti-Islam, anti-Semitic racist.” Who, me?

March 30, 2018 Bill Kesler 2018 Election, Civil Rights, Education, Justice, Religion in Politics Leave a comment

When you’re running for a school board position in suburban St. Louis and tweet out memes about banning Islam in America, what could possibly

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Fox

Why he quit: Fox News analyst denounces propaganda channel

March 21, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Resignations, Transcripts, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

Calling Fox News “a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration,” Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters [US Army, retired]  quit his job

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Trump

Transcripts: Trump donors paid $50K apiece to hear this

March 15, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Transcripts, Trump Leave a comment

Here’s a transcript of a bootleg tape obtained by the Washington Post, of Donald Trump’s typically rambling and incoherent “speech” at a fundraiser in

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Gun laws

Gun laws: the irony, the agony, the insanity

March 7, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Children, Congress, Guns, Legal issues/Law Leave a comment

America’s gun laws are shot through with irony and illogic. Some would want you to believe that our national attitude regarding guns reflects a

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NRA

Trump says he’s not afraid of the NRA. Yeah, right

March 2, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Campaigns, Corruption, Money & Politics, Trump Leave a comment

At his made-for-tv bipartisan meeting with Senators and Congressional representatives, Donald Trump said that, unlike others in the room, he isn’t “afraid of the

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JFK

There’s something good about growing up without the Second Amendment in your face

March 1, 2018 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Guns, Violence Leave a comment

In 1800, the urban population of the United States was 6%; 94% was rural. According to the 2010 census, 81% of Americans live in

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