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Defining American Exceptionalism

Arnold Hamilton - July 7, 2012 0

BY JOE CONASON The Fourth of July is the birthday of American exceptionalism – originally, the idea cherished by the nation’s Revolutionary founders that the practice of liberty, equality and democracy in these United States would kindle hope in a world downtrodden by every form of despotism, hierarchy and oppression. Independence Day marked the determination […]

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Back In The USA

Arnold Hamilton - July 6, 2012 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH Some of my fondest memories of childhood are of the Fourth of July. In Swampscott, MA, we used to have a parade of kids on bikes that went down Aspen Road and then around the corner to Forest Ave. and then up around Lexington Circle, our bikes decorated with red, white and […]

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Thanks, Joe

Arnold Hamilton - July 6, 2012 0

BY CAROLYN WATERMAN Vice President Biden spoke to the National Education Association convention recently in Washington, DC. He presented the difference between what Gov. Romney...

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Supreme Court’s Plutocratic Political Hacks

Arnold Hamilton - July 4, 2012 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER “Two wrongs don’t make a right,” as my old Texas momma used to instruct my brothers and me. But apparently, five of the justices on our Supreme Court didn’t have mommas with such ethical sensibilities – or perhaps they’re just ignoring their mommas’ wisdom now in order to impose their extremist political […]