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A Pacifist's Thoughts on Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day, I take my traditional, tried-and-true, consistently conflicted position. A Quaker and a pacifist, I am never sure how to...
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Haven't we seen this movie before?

  • Mitt Romney and foreign policy
  • May 24, 2012
For Mitt Romney, apparently nothing succeeds like failure.The former Massachusetts governor, through his comments on foreign policy and his...
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Why Bain is right and Wright is wrong

Negative ads work.That’s why much of the political advertising during the Republican primary cycle was negative, and it’s why we can...
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Another Lost Generation

We may well be another lost generation. The first Lost Generation struggled through a World War in Europe only to feel disillusioned and uncertain...
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The new Stalinists

  • Republican hardline
  • May 17, 2012
“I have a mind-set that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view.” Richard Mourdock,...
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Why it matters

  • romney bullying
  • May 14, 2012
For most presidential aspirants the statute of limitations for acts committed in high school expired long ago. The Mitt Romney bullying incident...
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Mitt's shamelessness

  • Romney and auto bailout
  • May 10, 2012
Politicians are notoriously without shame. It’s part of the job description.Still, it’s hard to find one who rises (descends?) to the...
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Marriage equality, a generational debate

The reasons why and the political calculations President Obama contemplated before finally stepping forward for gay marriage have been already...
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Romney the beholden

Mitt Romney has done it again. He has caved into right-wing bigots, allowing the worst elements in the Republican Party to define who he is and to...
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The danger of American exceptionalism

American exceptionalism has never gone completely unexpressed. Exceptionalism is present in many forms. The jingoistic saber-rattlers clamoring for...
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