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Since our world is becoming smaller with ever more increasing contact between peoples of the world, it is important to remember that we are all human, we all breathe the same air, we all love our children, and we all are mortal.  As Jimmy Carter said in his recent acceptance speech for his Nobel Peace […]

The Real Lessons of 9/11 by Mike Gravel

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As we mark the six anniversary of the 9/11 attack, it is time for Americans to face the real lessons of that horrible morning. Until we dispel the myths which the Bush administration and a compliant media have been feeding us, we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes and suffer similar consequences.
Lesson 1: They […]

Today I happened upon a copy of the New York Daily News, a paper I rarely read.  Yet as per the mysterious world in which we live where things have a purpose, in my reading of the paper on this day, I had a complete identification with a story written by famed sportswriter Mike Lupica.  […]

The news continues about the debate of a few nights ago and I figure being the loud voice that I am with the readership I command, it was time to weigh in.
I agree with Borack Obama. A candidate for President must be ready NOW for the job. I do not want a […]

For the past six years in America there has been a government for those people, by those people and of those people. Unfortunately, that the founding fathers’ message. The checks and balances written into our constitution were expressly written to avoid a President having absolute control over all facets of American life. […]

Once again Bono and friends were on hand at another G8. But all that’s starry does not necessarily produce a new development paradigm for Africa or tackle climate change.
Guardian’s Larry Elliot on the G8 shortcomings from last week. Folks at Priceofoil concur.
And BBC’s Glenda Cooper agrees as well. Walden Bello walks us […]

IMMIGRATION: Remember how America was built

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There is an argument that you hear that starts with the idea that we Americans must protect ourselves from the citizens of the world. But the argument has no historical basis and no reason in the present. Our society is the most multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-biased in the world. But those of […]