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It is up to the people to stand up for principle and morality when their institutions and public officials refuse to do so. The fates of those who are maimed or killed by our government's policies are inextricably intertwined with our own; we must listen and respond to their cry for justice.
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Globalization’s most troublesome dimension is that it is first and foremost based upon a philosophy that distorts the very meaning of truth. Globalization and neoliberalism represent a fundamental attack on humanity’s historic pursuit of truth. As a Bush senior aide put it to Ron Suskind in 2002, explaining that the people in the White...
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How does the U.S. President, a man who ran on a platform of hope and change, maintain a “kill list” and declare that he has the right to assassinate anyone he pleases as long as he regards them as “terrorists,” including Americans?
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What Bradley Manning did in releasing the materials that show war crimes routinely being committed by the U.S. government and the government and military’s systematic lying and hypocrisy, is what every person should do when they learn that crimes are being committed. Manning ought to be lauded as a heroic whistleblower, rather than treated...
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A society that equates material rewards with success and that relies upon material success to motivate people is also saying—and must say—that success equals having things that others do not have. This turns society into a zero sum game of winners and losers and structurally encourages a sense of entitlement among the “winners”
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Representative democracy overwhelmingly confines public participation in political affairs to voting for or against one’s representatives. Even in the best of all possible scenarios, if voting comprises the best and highest political role that the people can play, then the people will never have any real power over politics. Karl Popper’s view of democracy,...
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Stephen Asma writes in The New York Times series “The Stone” (devoted to discussions of philosophy) on January 5, 2013, that people who believe that all people should be treated equally are adhering to a myth. His column is a much-abbreviated version of his book, "Against Fairness", published by the prestigious University of Chicago...
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When you make a film about the most politically charged event of our times (9/11) and manhunt in history (the pursuit and assassination of bin Laden), how can you truthfully claim that you are not making a political statement? And why would you falsely present how the key piece of evidence was obtained?
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Thomas Edsall, writing on November 18, 2012 in The New York Times’ series about the 2012 Election, “Campaign Stops,” in the series’ final installment entitled: “Is Rush Limbaugh’s Country Gone?”, ends with this: William Bennett, conservative stalwart, television commentator and secretary of education under President Reagan, complained on the CNN Web site that Democrats...
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Most of the commentary about Obama’s re-election and the defeat of some of the most reactionary GOP incumbents and candidates such as Rep. Todd Akin and Rep. Richard Mourdock has been about how the GOP is demographically and ideologically far too right wing for the majority in the electorate. And this much is true:...
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