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An appeal from Arizona
April 26, 2010Things are truly the worst here in Arizona. I was born and raised in this beautiful state. It's been a challenge but it's not been insane - til now.
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Reform or revolution
April 26, 2010Abraham Lincoln composed the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation for a cabinet meeting in July 1862.
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Realizing the promise of ‘nuclear spring’
April 26, 2010Speaking in Prague a year ago, President Obama proclaimed "America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons."
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Capitalism replaces human rights with inhuman rights
April 23, 2010Proclaiming that "all men are born free and equal" and that government of the people arises from the citizens themselves, rather than from any "divine right," the French Revolution began a new era in human history.
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Novels, memory and the Holocaust
April 23, 2010Holocaust Remembrance Day just passed, and it got me thinking about memory and empathy.
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