Grainne Rhuad- Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.- Mark Twain
Month: July 2011
The Greatest Generation Speaks Up: “Hands Off our Social Security!”
Jane Stillwater- Now young Americans are supposed to suffer under the burden of school-loan debt for the rest of their lives just for wanting to go to college and better themselves
Three Episodes in the Criminal History of the British Empire
Darren Allen- Here are three brief accounts of the British Empire’s criminal involvement with three countries; China during the opium wars, India during the Bengal famines and the creation of Israel.
The Great White Mothers: Bachmann/Palin 2012
Ronald West- With Obama morphed into a fascist warmonger who will pick up the political tab for having inherited and pursusued Bush policies?
Kicking the Habit with Electronic Cigarettes
Sergio Impleton- The time finally came when I could leave the sanctuary of my house and go out into public again without craving for release by hiding in an alley way with other
Karma, Reincarnation and Evolution
Edward SantoPrieto- What is important is to see the fact that nothing arises independent of causes and conditions. Equally important is that we become aware
The Waterfall at the Edge of the World
W.D. Noble: American military personnel will not be paid. Social Security checks will not go out; domestic organizations from the Post Office to the local Department of Agriculture
Undefeated Sarah Palin Lacks Lustre in Alaska
Karla Fetrow: While Sarah Palin enjoys a movie star entitled limelight, she has become a social embarrassment to the Alaskan people who question her vendetta against political opposition
Why Not Socialism?
Edward SantoPrieto: While we believe that democratic planning can shape major social investments like mass transit, housing, and energy, market mechanisms are needed
How to Brainwash Your Students (How to Brainwash the World – Part 2 of 3)
Darren Allen: Schools are fundamentally the same everywhere. Styles of teaching change, but stunting initiative and denying experience are inherent in isolated and managed institutions.