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Category: Obama
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I am as scared today for the future of humankind as I have ever been in my 87 years. Mind you, I’m not personally scared; I’ve far too few years left for that. My fright, of course, is for our children, grandchildren and the generations to follow. In three weeks, President-elect Donald Trump will…
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Perhaps no date stands out more in my long life than August 6, 1945. It was two days before my 16th birthday and it had been a warm summer day. I had biked home, carrying my ragtag golf clubs on my back after playing 27 holes of golf. It was six o’clock and my parents…
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As the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops continued to try to force its medieval prohibitions to contraception down the throats of Americans this past weekend, it’s time to consider the story of a Saudi journalist, Hamza Kashgari. He was detained by the Malaysian police on Feb. 9, when he was stopped at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at the…
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Of all the Old Forgers, Billy Simpson was the contrarian of the bunch, always disagreeing with everyone of us, it seemed. Well, for one reason he always – and I mean always – voted Republican. As for the rest of us, I guess you can figure how we voted. Yet, Billy was a generous guy,…
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It was surreal, almost like a scene from a World War II movie in which trains are stopped and troopers run down the aisles checking everyone’s papers. I was awoken from a fitful sleep by the squawking of some radio message and the clumping of shoes in the wee hours of the morning on Train…
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Dems can’t afford to ‘cave-in’ as Indiana did in 83-20 defeat Many liberals and progressives are demoralized over the results of the November 2nd elections, ready to give in to the corporate-supported public policy agenda that is being rammed through by smug, arrogant Republicans. Case in point: The waffling by the White House and key…
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In the past century, the 1900s, two major changes occurred in the United States — the improvement in living standards for working people and the growing inclusiveness for minorities, principally blacks. In both cases, the nation was better for those changes. In the first incidence, a strong middle class was developed putting money into the…
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How could it have happened? The tea-baggers! The angry white mobs at the town meetings! The Republicans! Are these today’s “populists?” The media loves to throw the noun “populist” on these folks, claiming they are the “common people,” or “ordinary folks.” And the reporters use the word “angry” to describe them. Yet, are these folks…
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No, I won’t make a New Year’s Resolution this year. Over the last few years, I’ve vowed to cure my addiction to reruns of “Law and Order,” the original and all of its offsprings, but alas, I seem to violate it on the very next “Law and Order” marathon day. I’ve concluded I can’t be…
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