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Published on Sunday, 06 July 2014 17:06
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Written by Janet Walker
Morgan Geyser, 12, known as one half of the Slenderman Killers, who stabbed a twelve year old friend 19 times, has been found incompetent to stand trial for her participation in the crimes that shocked this tiny Wisconsin city.
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Published on Tuesday, 02 December 2014 12:27
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Written by Janet Walker
The murder of Scott McMillan, the three year old savagely beaten and systematically tortured over a three day period by his mother and boyfriend, has drawn attention from media, legal scholars and commentators.
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Published on Tuesday, 24 February 2015 09:36
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Written by Janet Walker
The murder trial of Aaron Hernandez, former tight end for the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, is entering Day 13 as the defense continues its attempts to discredit the prosecution’s case witness by witness.
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Published on Sunday, 12 April 2015 16:25
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Written by Janet Walker
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is set to begin the sentencing phase of his trial. To understand the jury's responsibilities, Hank Brennan, former Boston prosecutor and current defense attorney in the appeal for notorious mobster James "Whitey" Bulger agreed to explain.
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Published on Sunday, 10 May 2015 19:20
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Written by Janet Walker
The Etan Patz murder trial recently ended after 18 days of deliberation in a stunning mistrial that seemed an impossibility as the defendant confessed and provided sick, demented, details of the child's last moments of life.
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Published on Friday, 17 July 2015 22:34
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Written by Janet Walker
James Eagan Holmes, former doctoral student, has been found guilty in the Aurora movie theater attack that left 12 dead and more than 58 injured as he stormed, in paramilitary fashion, the midnight showing of the film, The Dark Knight Rises.
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Published on Wednesday, 22 July 2015 12:49
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Written by Brian McCracken
"Merica." No, that's not a misspelling. In recent years, we've all heard someone say the name of our nation in this ironic manner. I'd be lying if I told you I've never uttered it myself jokingly.
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Published on Friday, 27 November 2015 07:34
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Written by Palmer Gibbs
Although legalized since the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, abortion is far from a settled issue in the United States. While the topic pops up on the national level as a rallying cry during presidential debates and campaigns, the real action takes place on the state level.
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Published on Friday, 19 February 2016 16:15
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Written by Palmer Gibbs
The recent death of Justice Antonin Scalia, a historically conservative firebrand on the Supreme Court, sent shockwaves through the political world. In the middle of a hectic and noisy presidential primary, the Republican candidates shared a moment of silence during their ninth debate — and then dove into a conversation about whether President Barack Obama should nominate a successor.
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Published on Wednesday, 13 July 2016 07:20
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Written by Prof. Bradley Butterfield
Like many Bernie fans, now that our man has finally given in and endorsed "that woman," I'm working today on feeling that old "unity" thing that Hillary's supporters have been talking about ever since they prematurely wrote the writing on the wall our side was supposed to have read over a month ago.
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Published on Sunday, 04 September 2016 10:20
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Written by Jackson Katz
Gender norms influence not just what we think, but how. Consider the presence of sports metaphors in American politics. Metaphors are not merely figures of speech. According to the cognitive scientists and philosophers George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (1980), human thought processes are largely metaphorical.
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Published on Saturday, 05 November 2016 10:12
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Written by Steven L. Blue
Faced with great need America’s Golden Era of Manufacturing rallied during World War II and culminated as it destroyed its enemies chiefly because it out-produced them. Its manufacturing capacity was enormous and efficient. Its workforce was inspired and committed.
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Published on Friday, 13 January 2017 08:22
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Written by Mac Regan
Donald Trump has stated he wants to be a President for all Americans. He's not off to a promising start, stumbling from the gate, retreating to tactics that secured the win, and his Putin "bromance" is quite concerning.
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Published on Tuesday, 03 October 2017 20:21
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Written by Janet Walker
The lack of revelry, hushed tones, a quiet reverence in sin city, where usually at 2:00am neon signs advertise with bright allure, ladies can be heard negotiating, and gamblers call it a day or begin anew, it is Las Vegas or was.
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Published on Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:02
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Written by Janet Walker
The Entertainment Industry is facing its second major sexual assault scandal, in as many years, with the shocking revelations that everyone seemed to have known, or heard about, and seemed to be generally accepted as commonplace.
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Published on Friday, 13 October 2017 14:14
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Written by Leonard Adreon
I’ve recently read in newspapers and seen on news reports that protesters, justifiably unhappy with racial bias in our country, are expressing their concerns by disrespecting our American flag and national anthem. This display of anger and frustration is misdirected.
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Published on Friday, 13 October 2017 17:51
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Written by Norm Pattis
Not since Meg Ryan’s fake orgasm sitting across a diner’s table from Billy Crystal in “When Harry Met Sally” have we seen such disingenuous huffing and puffing about sex from Hollywood.
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Published on Friday, 20 October 2017 01:11
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Written by Janet Walker
It's supposed to be another nail in the coffin. Every injustice, discrimination, theft, just one more nail in the coffin, until the injustice and discrimination, the injury becomes the final stake and the coffin and secrets are sealed.
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Published on Sunday, 29 October 2017 07:35
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Written by Marianne Clyde
President Donald Trump recently declared, like his Republican predecessor, a crisis of drug use and addiction that has been decades in the making. Marianne Clyde, a noted mental health expert asks "Is it really our job to save the addict?"
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Published on Wednesday, 10 January 2018 07:10
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Written by Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D.,
The media is going berserk over an exchange between North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and President Trump about their respective nation’s nuclear arsenals. With Trump taunting the dictator, from one bully to another, with veiled retaliatory challenges.
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Published on Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:41
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
Black History month is a time to celebrate Americans, past and present, whose accomplishments are sometimes overshadowed by the eye-catching negative news stories which contribute to the general dissolution of race relations in contemporary culture.
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Published on Monday, 19 February 2018 06:06
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Written by Jill Fox
And there it is. The look. The look I knew I would see. And I will get it again and again, and again, from this moment forward. I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
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Published on Friday, 06 April 2018 15:30
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Written by Tim Ortman
Today, the term 'Fake News' is firmly entrenched in our lexicon. It seems everyone from Trumpite retirees, to neo-political millennials, freely toss around the phrase. The term was even recognized as, "The Word of the Year" by UK-based Collins Dictionary.
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Published on Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:27
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
In an entertainment venue called the "Escape Room," participants are locked inside a themed adventure room, and they must figure out how to escape. Themes include prisons, KGB interrogation, and hostage situations. Perhaps a new theme could be ObamaCare.
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Published on Tuesday, 15 May 2018 08:05
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
"Disruptive innovation" is all the buzz. Repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is so last year. Well, disrupt this: repeal Medicare and Medicaid and get the government out of the medical care business.
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Published on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 22:47
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
Kudos to the folks in D.C. who are advancing alternatives to the Affordable Care Act's over-regulated and expensive health insurance policies. Small business association health plans and expanding health savings accounts (HSAs) are among several tools to increase health care choices.
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Published on Saturday, 28 July 2018 07:05
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
The days of trusting legislators to focus on a constituencies best interests are in the rear view as the main interest is parroting the necessary buzzwords for election and then consumed with banking lobbying money.
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Published on Monday, 24 September 2018 07:59
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
Our elected legislators have been at their worst during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. What a shameful display: condescending, arrogant show-boating senators questioning him in a manner reminiscent of the Grand Inquisitor.
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Published on Monday, 05 November 2018 19:55
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
Healthcare is the political football of the midterm elections. But unlike the game of football, there are no rules. And the goal is to win – not for the benefit of the team (the voters) but to gain status and power.
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Published on Saturday, 17 November 2018 10:37
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
After the election, sappy statements on social media exhort us to bow down in praise that the first minority this or the first woman that was elected and how this means we have catapulted our nation out of the Neanderthal era.
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Published on Tuesday, 04 December 2018 21:46
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Written by Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D.,
Recent border clashes produced shocking images that triggered condemnation from many who failed to realized there are three aspects to the caravan: what is shown by the media; what is there to be seen; and what is unseen.
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Published on Tuesday, 25 December 2018 07:32
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
We should take a cue from the French (minus the fires and looting). We need a middle-class medical care revolt against the elitists and politicians who think more government through high taxes is "The Answer" while ignoring community solutions.
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Published on Tuesday, 29 January 2019 07:47
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
I ran into a 20-something fellow wearing a T-shirt that said "I love being black." I had a wave of fond nostalgia remembering how my mother began our outings with "I'm free, black, and 21 – let's do it!"
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Published on Monday, 04 February 2019 07:29
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
New York's Catholic Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo had the World Trade Center in lights to celebrate its recently enacted abortion-on-demand-until-the-day-of-birth law. This law was framed, and sold to legislators, as empowering women through guaranteeing "Reproductive Health."
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Published on Tuesday, 12 February 2019 08:06
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Written by Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D.,
While President Trump called for unity and cooperation in his 2019 State of the Union address, the views of the audience showed a sharp and bitter divide, especially on issues affecting the health and medical care of Americans.
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Published on Tuesday, 26 March 2019 08:11
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
The new Medicare for All bill (H.R. 1384) has come and hopefully will go the way of the pet rock. Everybody knows the basics: the government will take care of all medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, and long-term care services with no out-of-pocket expenses.
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Published on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 19:55
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
Hoaxes and scams have dominated the news lately. We have a marginally known actor faking a hate crime supposedly to raise his pay. His attempt to claw his way to the middle could have resulted in race riots, injury, and death. His punishment? All charges dropped.
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Published on Sunday, 21 April 2019 18:15
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Written by Peter Rosenberger
When it comes to Trump, it's all about Flair. For several years, media and the Washington establishment have railed against Donald Trump with little success. Porn stars, special counsel, duplicitous lawyers, celebrities—they've all taken him on to no avail.
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Published on Tuesday, 11 June 2019 06:51
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Written by Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D.,
"Healthcare" is supposed to be a big election issue: politicians promise universal and equal "healthcare," or prevent it from being taken away. Everyone wants to be healthy, and a $3 trillion industry wants to keep the money flowing.
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Published on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 10:57
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Written by Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D.,
Bernie Sanders, currently third in the 2020 Democratic polls, is strongly promoting "Medicare for All," and claims to be its father, "I wrote the damn bill," he proclaimed to the nation during the second round of Democratic Presidential debates.
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Published on Saturday, 31 August 2019 12:33
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
Now that the Russian collusion story has lost its captivating and enticing glow, the left's narrative du jour is that anyone expressing a contrary opinion is a racist. It is so exhausting! What is a racist, anyway?
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Published on Saturday, 21 September 2019 15:57
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Written by Gerald McGlothlin
The September elections in Israel were not much different than the April elections. Each a statistical tie with neither Benny nor Benjamin willing to join forces so it led to this election which was the essentially same result.
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Published on Saturday, 21 September 2019 16:58
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
Buying and selling is in the news lately with President “at some point you’ve made enough money", “climate change is urgent and growing” Obama’s well-publicized imminent purchase of a 7,000 square foot, $14.85 million estate in Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard.
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Published on Wednesday, 09 October 2019 15:26
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
As we march into the 2020 Election season, the high cost of medical care is on the lips of every politician and draining the pocketbooks of most Americans, and this hot button topic will see microscopic examination.
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Published on Tuesday, 12 November 2019 07:38
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
At a graduation of a family friend, out of the blue, one in our group began lamenting that progressives tended to live in cities. She proposed that progressives should move to rural areas and "purge [such areas] of those awful conservatives."
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Published on Tuesday, 10 December 2019 19:05
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
Google is universally known as a search and advertising company. Now Google is tapping into the $3.5 trillion healthcare market. To compete with the Apple Watch, Google acquired FitBit, the wearable exercise, heart rate, and sleep tracking device. Data is king.
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Published on Thursday, 19 December 2019 07:42
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Written by Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D.,
Democrat presidential candidates are sparring over how much to expand Medicare. Should it be Medicare for all, for people over 50, for children, for "all who want it"? Does this include those who entered the country illegally?
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Published on Friday, 27 December 2019 08:56
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Written by Gerald McGlothlin
Once again, Hamas and Islamic Jihad initiated rocket launches against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, forcing him off the podium, and into a bomb shelter to ride out the attack, during a campaign speech in Ashkelon, Israel.
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Published on Sunday, 05 January 2020 19:26
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Written by Rebecca Theodore
The United States has hurled its first airstrikes in nearly a decade against Iran-backed militia forces in Iraq and Syria creating the inevitable question of the ultimate goal of the maximum pressure campaign initiated by the White House.
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Published on Friday, 24 January 2020 15:22
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Written by Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D.,
Children who grow up on a farm learn the "facts of life" at an early age, such as the observation in an old song: "They're laying eggs now/ Just like they used ter/ Ever since that rooster/ Came into our yard."
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Published on Monday, 03 February 2020 20:44
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
In the spirit of fake news, Black History Month provides a forum for news pundits to lament that the Founding Fathers thought the relative worth of black persons was three fifths of a person.
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Published on Monday, 17 February 2020 09:27
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Written by Janet Walker
Bad actors, a term that is evolving into mainstream vernacular, the bad actor, those who wear the "good mask" while performing illegal, undermining and shady deals that act to undermine their industry or more widespread the system, itself.
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Published on Monday, 24 February 2020 19:16
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Written by David Rubin
With Senator Bernie Sanders leaping ahead of the pack in the Democratic Party, chances have greatly increased that he will become the first Jewish nominee to reach the general election for President of the United States.
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Published on Wednesday, 15 April 2020 13:08
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Written by August Turak
Throughout this pandemic many say ignore the politicians in favor of "the experts." Nobody has more respect for science than I, but, though I am no fan of politicians either, I must report a bit of ambivalence about that advice.
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Published on Friday, 05 June 2020 11:47
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Written by Janet Walker
Injustice is an insidious cancer. It metastasizes without concern, infecting more than society, it kills the cells of humanity, dulling the mind erasing the boundaries of a healthy society. Injustice, like cancer, is color blind.
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Published on Monday, 15 June 2020 13:19
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Between history and memory, the questions that emerge today in France on the prevalence of racism and xenophobia refer to the apprehension of the ways of thinking of a country with complex relationships with its past.
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Published on Sunday, 27 September 2020 12:54
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Written by Janet Walker
Judge Amy Coney Barret, an impressive and accomplished legal professional, a notable and distinguished academic, who once clerked for the much-respected Judge Antonio Scalia, on paper presents the credentials of a perfect, although left leaning, justice.
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Published on Monday, 23 November 2020 11:24
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
One is hard-pressed to deny that Joe Biden is a weak, corrupt, pathologically lying, creepy dirty old man who has lived off the government teat for 50 years. And he allegedly won the 2020 presidential election.
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Published on Thursday, 21 January 2021 16:24
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Written by Janet Walker
Every four years, in the third week of January and usually very chilly mornings, America inaugurates the incoming administration. On some occasions it is the joy of a second term, a carry over, and in other times, the one-termer is replaced.
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Published on Wednesday, 10 February 2021 11:16
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Written by Janet Walker
Perhaps in the spirit of bi-partisanship or in the wisdom of the framers, the impeachment trial has strict boundaries and essentially should be completed within a two-week time frame. Yawn, yawn. Get on with it already.
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Published on Saturday, 03 April 2021 10:59
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Written by Janet Walker
A recent Wall Street Journal article, "Reconsidering Times v. Sullivan," authored by Senior Judge Laurence Silberman of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, argues for the revision of the legal standard, stopping short of including opposed actual malice.
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Published on Wednesday, 21 April 2021 11:23
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Written by Janet Walker
The conviction of Derek Chauvin appears to have sent a message across society and while this verdict appears to be a victory it is doubtful that it will become a precursor to sweeping, epic changes in policing.
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Published on Thursday, 17 June 2021 13:34
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
These days more and more apparently intelligent people seem to upspeak. That's the irritating "Valley Girl" inflection where every sentence sounds like a question. Don't these people trust their own thoughts and words?
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Published on Friday, 15 October 2021 18:03
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
"They" say there is no such thing as coincidence. They must have known about Covid-19, the political viral disease. Is it a coincidence that the year of the Covid is also the year that scientific integrity died?
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Published on Wednesday, 08 December 2021 20:22
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid. Variant, variant, variant, variant. Trust me, I'm the government's highest paid employee, and "I represent science." Show your papers, wear a mask, take a shot, or lose your job. It's the law.
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Published on Monday, 14 February 2022 14:10
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Written by Michael Letts
In early February, the Seattle Police Department responded to a massive firefight in one of the city's most liberal neighborhoods and not accustomed to such violence. Multiple shooters fired over 40 shots within the span of a few minutes.
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Published on Tuesday, 13 June 2023 07:03
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Written by Anastasia Pirri
Abortion wasn't always a religious issue as White evangelicals initially had a range of positions on abortion until right-wing evangelical leaders dominated the political scene in the 1970's. The leaders sought to steer evangelicals toward supporting the pro-life movement.
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Published on Wednesday, 19 July 2023 19:42
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Written by Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D.,
President Biden previously promised that American sons and daughters would not be sent to fight and die in Ukraine. But recently he authorized sending 3,000 troops to Europe as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
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