To Comfort The Afflicted
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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

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A Thanksgiving Wish

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BY FRANK BELCASTRO This Thanksgiving season, the nation should finally commit itself to bridging the socioeconomic divide between the descendants of those who came together...

It’s Show Trial Time!

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BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN You can’t please all of the people all of the time, but President Obama and his Attorney General, Eric Holder, have got nearer than most to pulling it off. A week ago, Holder announced that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators will soon go on trial in federal court in New […]

Insane Debate Over Wasted Medical Spending

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BY FROMA HARROP Doctors would jab sharp instruments into King Henry VIII’s arm and drain blood out of his body. The best medical minds of the 16th Century prescribed bloodletting as a means to “rebalance the body’s humors,” the spring equinox being the ideal time. Henry didn’t argue with his physicians. After all, Tudor England […]

Blanche Lincoln’s — Gag! — Extortion

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BY KAREN WEBB An Open Letter to U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-AR: Today, on several stations, heard your remark about not being bullied by liberals or conservatives...

Too Much Hate

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BY EDWIN E. VINEYARD There is too much hate, vitriol, and outright hostility in political discourse in America today. Also, there are too many lies...