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Beyond the Believers

2007-01-22T04:07:31Z

Sam Harris is the voice of reason against the inanities, and stupidities of religion. All religions. His indefatigable war against religion is a liberating breath of fresh air to all rational individuals. But all is not right: "If reputable scien...

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George Mc Govern is still America's conscience

2007-01-21T13:40:57Z

At 82, the old peace warrior is still on the trenches, this time interrogating Bush on his "fool's errand" in Iraq: And, Mr. President at a time when your most respected generals have concluded that the chaos and conflict in Iraq cannot be resolv...

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Bill Moyers is a national treasure

2007-01-19T05:54:32Z

Address to the National Conference for Media, Memphis, Tennessee - as prepared for delivery. It has long been said (ostensibly by Benjamin Franklin, but we can't be sure) that "democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for di...

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Unjust Iraq Occupation Has Led to Dangerous 'Fire' in Region

2007-01-17T14:42:43Z

Since the Baker-Hamilton Commission recommended dialogue with Iran and Syria, we are reproducing a statement by Mohammad Khatami putting forth Iran's views on American policies in the Middle East. "In view of escalating public protests against th...

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For America's sake

2007-01-07T21:03:16Z

Bill Moyer, our best political thinker and eloquent raconteur has done it again. In his magnificent remarks made in New York in December he tells us that liberals must reclaim the higher ground and show Americans their true roots. Although he beg...

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Don't let laughter soothe our social conscience

2007-01-07T17:34:09Z

One of our truly great friends hates liberals: "Oh, liberals are experts at a kind of mock moral outrage. They can get incredibly indignant over the too-frequent use of masculine pronouns; they can detect the whiff of a molecule of hidden racism...

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