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Ursula Le Guin’s Speech at The National Book Awards: “We will need writers who can remember freedom. Poets, visionaries—the realists of a larger reality.”
By Elaine Magliaro Ursula Le Guin is an award-winning American author of novels, children’s books, and short stories. Her preferred genres are fantasy and science fiction. Le Guin has also written poetry and essays. Harry Kunzru (The Guardian) wrote last month that many … Continue reading
A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video for the Holiday Season: “Driving While Brown…and Furry”
Posted by Elaine Magliaro I just came upon the following Mark Fiore video this morning. Although it’s a few days past Christmas, I thought some of you might appreciate viewing this holiday “seasonal” political cartoon brought to us by Truthdig. … Continue reading
Jeb Bush: The Hard-Core Right-Wing “Moderate” Conservative Republican
By Elaine Magliaro Last week, Mike Spindell wrote a posted titled Jeb Bush Is Not Who You Might Think He Is. Mike said that one of the political traits of the Bush family is presenting its members as “folksy” and as moderate … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Conservatives, Economic Policy, Education, Education Policy, George W. Bush, Government, Immigrants, Neoconservatives, Politics, Propaganda, RNC, Society, States, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Florida, Jeb Bush, Privatization of Government Services, Privatization of Public Education
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Jeb Bush for President???: Looking Back at the Terri Schiavo Case
By Elaine Magliaro Jeb Bush announced recently that he planned to “actively”explore a 2016 presidential run. The Boston Globe reported that Bush posted a holiday message on his Facebook page and Twitter account, in which he said that he had discussed the ‘‘future … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Courts, Government, United States
Tagged Florida, Jeb Bush, Terri Schiavo
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71 years ago this week, two honorable men met.
By Chuck Stanley “You follow the rules for you, not for the enemy. You fight by the rules to keep your humanity. If I ever see or hear of you shooting at a man in a parachute, I will shoot … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Germany, Heroism, History, Nazis, United Kingdom, United States, US Army, US Military, USAF, War, World War II
Tagged A Higher Call (book), B-17, Bf-109, Charlie Brown, Franz Stigler, Gustav Rödel, Hugh Eckenrode, Luftwaffe, Sam Blackford, Ye Olde Pub
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More Human Than Human?
by Gene Howington Normally if you called Sandra a “non-human person”, you might get slapped in the face. However, in this instance, Sandra is a 29-year-old Sumatran orangutan at the Buenos Aires zoo. What makes this more interesting is that … Continue reading
Posted in Argentina, Biology, Civil Law, Civil Liberties, Evolution, Exobiology, Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Weird News
Tagged Buenos Aires zoo, habeas corpus, Sandra, writ of habeas corpus
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It is Winter Solstice today.
By Chuck Stanley In the northern hemisphere, the day with the least amount of sunlight and most hours of darkness. The southern hemisphere recognizes today as Summer Solstice, the day with most hours of sunlight. The precise moment of Solstice … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy/Astrophysics, Christianity, History, Holidays, Music, Scotland
Tagged Alaska, Enya, Light, Northern Exposure, Pagan, Winter Solstice, Yule
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Profitship! Cashing In On Public Schools…with a Mark Fiore Video
Posted by Elaine Magliaro As a former public school educator, I have been extremely concerned about the efforts to privatize public schools in this country, the mania for standardized testing, the demands for more and more charter schools, and the claim … Continue reading
From Democracy Now!: More Information about Ferguson Grand Jury Witness 40
By Elaine Magliaro Last Wednesday, Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez spoke with William Bastone, the lead author of The Smoking Gun article that exposed the identity of “Witness 40.” On Monday, The Smoking Gun identified “Witness 40” as Sandra McElroy–a “bipolar Missouri … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Government, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Media, Missouri, Racism, Society, States, United States
Tagged Bob McCulloch, Darren Wilson, Ferguson (MO), Ferguson Grand Jury, Ferguson Police, Michael Brown, Sandra McElroy, Sean Hannity, Witness 40
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