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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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Which “freedoms” are legislators protecting?

February 1, 2013 Mary Clemons Civil Rights, Government, Guns, Health care, Labor and unions, Missouri region, Politics, States 2 comments

“We’ve trended toward more freedoms for law-abiding citizens.” That’s how Missouri State Senator Brian Munzlinger recently described the outlook of the Missouri legislature. I

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Franzen’s “Freedom” takes on our obsession with personal liberty

December 13, 2010 Ann Mandelstamm Literature/Arts/Film One comment

The hype surrounding the release of Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel, Freedom, dazzled book lovers everywhere, even if [conservative pundit] David Brooks was less than

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