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  • An odyssey in the long quest for justice

    An odyssey in the long quest for justice

    December 3, 2004

    Book Review Disturbing the Peace: The Story of Father Roy Bourgeois and the Movement to Close the School of the Americas By James Hodge and Linda Cooper Forward by Martin Sheen Orbis Books, 2004 Softcover, 224...

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  • Its time to fight back

    Its time to fight back

    December 3, 2004

    As many of my fellow Americans, I’ve been distressed over the results of the election. It’s not so much that Bush is going to be in power again, but more because Americans have voluntarily (as far...

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  • The entitlement that goes with expensive seats

    The entitlement that goes with expensive seats

    December 3, 2004

    Opinion Where we sit no one yells at the players. Up here they don’t throw beer, ice or folding chairs on professional athletes. We sit in the very last row at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia...

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  • Religion, faith and communism

    Religion, faith and communism

    December 3, 2004

    Opinion “The divisions of Christianity are no longer Protestant verses Catholic but conservative verses liberal.” – Belief.net When I worked at SEIU (the Service Employees union) with the various groups that use the union’s call center...

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  • On moral values

    On moral values

    December 3, 2004

    Opinion Some of us who consider ourselves to be liberals or progressives have been just too quiet in the conversation about moral values. Some have argued that those who live in the so-called “blue states,” those...

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