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Rising To Speak

Arnold Hamilton - July 17, 2012 2

BY SHARON MARTIN Ralph Fletcher says in his book, Poetry Matters, that “ the most important moments, when everyone else is silent, poetry rises to...

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The Time For Lying Is Now

Arnold Hamilton - July 14, 2012 0

BY VERN TURNER A recent blog piece by Mark Sumner succinctly summarized the state of the Republican Party and its crumbling legitimacy for representing the...

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BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN Retired Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, bounced out of his job for revels in Paris as witnessed by Rolling Stone, has recycled a perennial chestnut: Bring back the draft – i.e., a conscripted military, not the volunteer military of today. These days, McChrystal teaches at Yale University with what must be a protection […]

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‘Landsliding’ Republican Extremists

Arnold Hamilton - July 13, 2012 0

BY RALPH NADER If the Democrats in Congress were all drinking water from the same faucet, there might be a clue to their chronic fear...

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The 33rd Time Around

Arnold Hamilton - July 13, 2012 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH Last week, the House of Representatives, in a colossal waste of time, voted for the 33rd time to repeal President Obama’s health care plan. Going into the vote, there was absolutely no question as to the result and its utter futility. The Republicans voted for repeal, as they do every time, and […]

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