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The Abortion Wars Continue

“Mrs. Porsha Evette Ngumezi, 35 passed away at Houston Methodist Hospital in Sugarland, TX on June 12, 2023.” So reports the All Families...

29.01.2025 10

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The FCC Under Trump

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will replace the current FCC Chair, Jessica Rosenworcel, with Commissioned Brendan Carr as the next...

26.12.2024 10

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The Need for an Enemy

Authoritarian leaders, like many others, need an enemy.  Hitler’s enemy was the Jews (among others); for Netanyahu, it’s been the Palestinians, and...

11.12.2024 4

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Next Round of the Culture Wars

Americans have been fighting culture wars since the nation was founded four centuries ago.  In 1624, John Morton arrived in what is now Quincy, MA,...

04.12.2024 10

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The Second Gilded Age: the Revenge of the New Robber Barons

The 2024 election witnessed the return of a new generation of robber barons exemplified by Elon Musk.  With the exception of a global vs nation...

28.11.2024 4

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“Inequality”: The Missing Word in the 2024 Election

In 2022, the Council on Foreign Relations warned, “Income and wealth inequality in the United States is substantially higher than in almost any...

20.11.2024 2

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The Threat of Christofascism

The U.S. is struggling through a profound socio-political crisis reflecting the deeper global economic and environmental realignments now taking...

17.10.2024 4

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Nixon’s “War on Drugs” Was a Sham

The New York Times recently revealed that while Pres. Richard Nixon publicly referred to marijuana as “public enemy No. 1” he really felt it was...

08.10.2024 20

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Is Zionism Becoming a Form of Fascism?

Ur-Fascism can come back under the most innocent of disguises. Our duty is to uncover it and to point our finger at any of its new instances —every...

10.09.2024 7

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Marijuana: Not an Issue in the 2025 Election

After nearly a century, the war against marijuana is ending.  Four years after the 18th Amendment was repealed and Prohibition ended in 1933,...

05.09.2024 5

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