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And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Global Pandemics: Not If, But When
BY RALPH NADER
The deadly influenza virus H7N9 was first detected in China this March. “When we look at influenza viruses, this is an unusually...
Democracy’s Death Dance With Capitalism
BY VERN TURNER
There are two quotes, one anonymous and the other from the great economist John Maynard Keynes, that play the music for this...
A ‘Close Reading’ Of HB 1035
BY CLAUDIA SWISHER
Close reading ... we hear a lot about that in the Common Core Standards written by David Coleman. We've seen examples of...
Mother Love
BY SUSAN ESTRICH My daughter was born on Mother’s Day, 23 years ago. It was the happiest day of my life – matched only, almost three years later, by the birth of my son. I had never felt such love before. Hooray for Hallmark. Years passed. My own mother died. My daughter went off to […]
Thank You, Bryant Baker, For Our Territorial Mom
BY DAVID PERRYMAN
Gazing intently to the southwest with her chin held high, Oklahoma’s Pioneer Woman statute stands as a symbol of courage, faith and...