Category Archives: News

Religious Liberty, Conscience Exemptions for Everything

With the Obama administration’s recent rules requiring organizations owned by religious groups to provide contraceptive coverage as part of their employees’ health insurance, conservative groups and the Roman Catholic Church have gotten all their panties in a bunch, which is … Continue reading

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How Much is Enough? Enough is Enough

David Sirota writes in In These Times about Embracing Enough.  How much is enough?  I consider this one of the most important questions for humans to answer both for themselves and to work out a reasonable relationship with the other … Continue reading

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Hope: Real People Fighting for Democracy and Workers

John Nichols of The Nation offers a hopeful look at real people making a real difference in fighting against impersonal political powers, non-person corporations, and real ingrate politicians, such as Gov. Walker of Wisconsin, in his article Twenty-Five Faces of … Continue reading

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Anarchism: Cooperation, Decentralization, Social Cohesion

David Morris writes in On the Commons, regarding the anniversary of the death of the Russian Peter  Kropotkin, an article: Anarchism Is Not What You Think It Is — And There’s a Whole Lot We Can Learn from It:  The … Continue reading

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Valentine’s Day: Show The World Your Love of Justice

Hannah Levintova of Mother Jones magazine has a wake-up call for Valentine’s Day celebrants:  Think You’re a Virtuous Valentine? Think Again.  She writes: Cut flowers: That bouquet you may be planning to gift today was most likely not grown in … Continue reading

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Ultra-Rich Mitt Romney in 1% of the 1%

According to the Wall Street Journal, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney had an income of $21.7 million last year.  This puts Mr. Romney in the category of the ultra rich, the super rich, the mega rich, the 1% of the … Continue reading

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Post Office Not Broke

Nation magazine blogger John Nichols (a former Toledoan for my Toledo friends) reports in The Post Office Is Not Broke about all of the hype about the post office and how it is supposedly going bankrupt, an antiquated institution, etc.  … Continue reading

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Black Bloc Anarchists Play into Hands of State Control

Chris Hedges of Znet reports on the The Cancer in Occupy as the Black Bloc Anarchists who typically are the small number in the Occupy movement protesters who behave violently, attacking police, and destroying property.  While the Occupy movement as … Continue reading

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Dennis Kucinich versus Marcy Kaptur Congressional Race

War is a Crime blogger David Swanson recommends that the election that we should be watching is the congressional district nine race pitting Democratic incumbents Dennis Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur.  For those of us in this congressional district that stretches … Continue reading

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Attack on Press Freedoms in Occupy Movement

Nation Magazine blogger Peter Rothberg has reported on attacks on press freedoms in the Occupy movement.  Over 50 journalists have been arrested since the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement last September.  You can sign a petition to support journalists … Continue reading

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NEWS: Exploding Pig Poop

Mother Jones magazine blogger Tom Philpott has reported on Exploding Pig Poop.  Well, agribusiness is moving us one step closer to that mythic day when pigs fly!   What is to be concerned about?  How about exploding barns, thousands of … Continue reading

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