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The burning bush of progressivism
"The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice."- attributed to 19th c. minister, Rev. Theodore Parker, popularized by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., in a commencement address to...
View ArticleD.C.'s vulnerability tactic - a cry for help?
"I think it comes as no surprise not [only] to the American people, but even [to] members of Congress themselves, that right now things are pretty dysfunctional up on Capitol Hill."- President Barack...
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Boston to Houston: a right to be radicalized?
"As Tamerlan's devotion to Islam became more intense and radicalized, Dzhokhar showed signs of his brother's influence" - The Atlantic Wire, May 5, 2013"A YouTube account apparently belonging to...
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Political hay makers start making hay
"Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects."- Lester B. Pearson, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former prime minister of CanadaAn adage has been validated, over the past ten days or so, that politics...
View ArticleWhistleblowers, secrets and the public's right to the truth
"My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them." - Edward Snowden, the NSA contractor who leaked the details of secret government...
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2014 battle lines coming into focus
A famous Democrat told me recently, the Georgia Republicans in the 2014 Senate race - Paul Broun, Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston - are all "certifiable." They are some of the loudest, logically...
View ArticleNo path to legal status with GOP, no path without them
"The President urges the House of Representatives to take action and move this bill or similar legislation forward, and stands willing to work with all parties to make sure that commonsense...
View ArticleFilibuster change: countdown to 'Humpty Dumpty' rules?
"I love the Senate, but right now the Senate is broken and needs to be fixed. It’s time for course correction."- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), speaking at the Center for American...
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'Stop and frisk' is wrong for the NYPD, and the NSA
"While a person’s race may be important if it fits the description of a particular crime suspect, it is impermissible to subject all members of a racially defined group to heightened police...
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Government shutdown fills Congress' coffers - not yours
War brings camaraderie. The men and women who fought World War Two, what Tom Brokaw called America's "Greatest Generation," came together to fight a war, and taking care of your buddy in a foxhole...
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The partisan imperative: fighting for the love of an agenda
Sanitation workers marching in Atlanta's MLK Day parade, January 20, 2014 (PBG)Two days after most of the country marched and served their neighbors in celebration of the legacy of equality and civil...
View ArticleHow about fighting for idealism, fairness, equality?
"I think Washington in general is unpopular, the president and congress, because we seem dysfunctional and we are dysfunctional." - Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), on NBC's Meet the Press, Sunday, June...
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Real crisis at border is one of American conscience
From Flickr/Public DomainAngry White people screaming at busloads of minority children should frighten any American with a knowledge of our own recent history. Voices of fear and bigotry have risen...
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Nunn’s strength: caring community thru corporate involvement
In the summer of 2013, weeks before Michelle Nunn announced her run for the U.S. Senate, a nationally recognized Democratic VIP asked me if I thought she would fulfill the rumors and finally throw...
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A line too long: taking action on ‘Broken immigration'
President Obama speaks at Del Sol High School, Las Vegas. Nov. 21, 2014 (whitehouse.gov) "Our immigration system has been broken for a very long time -- and everybody knows it."-President Barack...
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