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Sometimes we need the perspective of the newcomer

Sometimes we need the perspective of the newcomerI thought that MSNBC’s program host, Martin Basheer asked a very important question the...
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What is marriage all about?

  • war on marriage
  • May 16, 2012
The concept of marriage has been in the news a great deal lately, with those who favor marriage equality drawing the battle lines and the anti-gay...
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Redefining bullying

I was bullied during the most vulnerable years of my life, junior high school (sometimes called middle school today). I lived in a pretty little...
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If at first you don’t succeed, double down

  • Amanda Marcotte
  • May 4, 2012
I notice some talk in the media that challenges the Religious Right on biblical literalism, a phenomenon that takes some courage considering the...
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We enter a very specific and recognizable stage of American politics

Not that it doesn’t apply to religion as well. But the phase that I refer is the “all is lost” event that occurs in relationships...
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There is a pattern in election politics

  • Pete Kotz
  • April 17, 2012
I'll take a moment to deal with a comment from Nicholas Gulda, who writes:"While they did share everything I would like to point out first...
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It is no good saying that you have decided to sit down

…when it becomes impossible to stand up. That is a quote from C. S. Lewis. He made it in connection with conversion—he believed that...
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Shocking revelations in the Romney campaign as he ascends to candidate status

The mathematicians that work for the liberal networks are saying that Mitt Romney pretty much has the Republican nomination under his belt, now...
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The long, strange history of Romney’s self-deportation philosophy

When Mitt Romney answered a question at a debate in Florida earlier this year, regarding undocumented immigrants, he was perhaps unaware that he...
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Harnessing “the Latino vote,” a difficult task for any party

Candidate for the Republican presidential nomination Mitt Romney may have recently adopted a hard anti-immigrant stance on a variety of issues, but...
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