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Elizabeth Warren Gets to Work

What a blessing Elizabeth Warren’s election to the Senate has been. She is wasting no time. At her first hearing in the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee – which took place on Valentine’s Day, she...

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UN Election Observers – NOT!

Regular news media, pundits and blogs are participating in an effort to conflate the UN and OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe). Given the UN’s perceived poor standing with US political institutions...

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Israel and Apartheid

Is Israel on the path to becoming an apartheid state, or is it already one? The discussions on this topic have been contentious since President Carter published his book Palestine: Peace not Apartheid in 2006. However, the time...

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Take it All Away from Them

What the hell is this all about? Israel vs. No. 2 Pencils As countless students around the world took the SAT a week ago, Palestinians from the West Bank could not join their ranks. The October SAT exam was cancelled for...

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An Unusual Cathedral Service

St. Francis feast day is October 4. Francis of Assisi was the founder of the Franciscan order, and is also known as the patron saint of animals and the environment. Many locations celebrate the Blessing of the Animals, often on...

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