They had come to the U.S.A. in the 1980′s, fleeing the bloody civil war that was ravaging their home country of Nicaragua. They were sent back in 2008.
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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Coming to America: Running From the School of the Americas
First Issue of The Leftist Review
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The Closing of the Western Mind
The Ancient Greeks gave to Western Civilization a secular way of seeing nature and a tradition of rationalism, logic, and free inquiry. Those prodigious achievements were undone—virtually erased—by the rise of Christianity and its domination of Western culture.
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Anatomy and Same-Sex Marriage
In the debate over whether same-sex marriage should be legalized, we rarely hear direct reference to the male and female anatomies.
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Why Malcolm Gladwell Is Wrong About Social Media
Images from inside running street battles, or of the storming of a Basiji compound, or of a young woman bleeding to death from a gunshot wound, have an impact far beyond the isolated incident or event being covered.
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Money is Not Democracy!
The conclusion of the 2008 anti-factory farm documentary Food, Inc. was that we “vote three times a day...at breakfast, lunch and dinner,”
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Towards a Better Educational System
The recent attempt to politicize social studies education by the Texas State Board of Education led to outbursts of disbelief across the country, particularly by the Left. Editorials were written criticizing the silliness of the whole process of letting politically motivated individuals dictate what students should learn.
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The Unenlightenment Cometh
The leading voices of the New Right suffer from the same grave shortcomings.
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The Job Police
The job police are all powerful; they can run a background check, they can look in your car or talk to your former employers. They can talk to your landlord and run a full credit check and even check your bodily fluids. “Do you like to read books, Montag?" Answer carefully; your promotion at...
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Building a Just Economy
Our economy could aptly be described as the clothes that we wear; it defines us and exposes us. It illustrates both our follies and our wisdom;
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