The gloves were off at the sixth Democratic debate held in Los Angeles. Current Iowa darling, Pete Buttigieg was hit with verbal attacks, mostly from the two women on the stage.
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JL Nash
- December 23, 2019 in Columnists
A Christmas tale
How we need another soul to cling to. Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath I have a house and the house is by the sea — well, it’s a block away and we endeavour to visit it every day. We means my husband and...
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Terri Connett
Columnist - December 20, 2019 in Columnists
California screamin’
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Kelvin Wade
Columnist - December 19, 2019 in Columnists
The GOP Senate, Emmett Till and jury nullification
Prior to the impeachment of Donald John Trump on one count of abuse of power and one on obstruction of Congress, Trump lashed out in a rambling, unhinged letter screeching that he was being treated worse than the Salem witch trials. Prior to the vote...
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Maya Stiles Parsons Spier
Columnist, Editor-in-Chief - November 27, 2019 in Columnists
There is no “other”
If Earth had a soccer team, everyone on Earth would wear the same jersey to support it. There’d be no them, there’d only be us. Peta Kelly, Earth is Hiring: The New way to live, lead, earn and give for millennials and anyone who gives...
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JL Nash
- November 26, 2019 in Columnists
A Millennial question — where is the fact checker now?
I’ve tried but I can’t find intuition online, not beyond its meaning anyway. I love the anticipation which comes with the leap of faith involved in following my intuition, that gut feeling which precedes the decision. No conscious thought or perceived conscious involvement.
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Terri Connett
Columnist - November 22, 2019 in Columnists
A brainy night in Georgia
Thoughtful ideas were flying at the fifth Democratic debate held in Atlanta. The candidates mostly retreated from their circular firing squad and aimed ire at the most corrupt president of our lifetime.
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Hank Fradella
Columnists - November 22, 2019 in Columnists
An ambiguous apology from Michael Bloomberg might perpetuate misunderstanding of stop-and-frisk
by Henry F. Fradella and Michael D. White As he gears up for a potential run for the U.S. presidency, former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg reversed his long-standing support of that city’s aggressive “Stop, Question, and Frisk” (SQF) strategy. Bloomberg had been one of SQF’s...
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Stephen Cooper
Columnist - November 17, 2019 in Columnists
Another death penalty horror — stark disparities in media and activist attention
On November 12, intrepid abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean tweeted to her legions of followers: “What do Sen. Ted Cruz, Gigi Hadid, Kim Kardashian, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and me all have in common? We’re among a growing local and national movement asking Texas @GovAbbott to stop...
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Stephen Cooper
Columnist - November 6, 2019 in Columnists
Sick and shrouded in secrecy: Alabama’s contract to gas humans to death
For $25,000, Alabama’s Attorney General Steve Marshall has contracted with Tennessee company “FDR Safety,” to assist Alabama in developing a barbaric new protocol – to execute its death row prisoners, whom Alabama treats like human guinea pigs – with nitrogen hypoxia. Paradoxically, FDR Safety specializes...
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