veterans
Do right by veterans
November 11, 2010Veterans face challenges of joblessness, homelessness, and visible and "invisible" injuries - a real tribute means doing right, not right-wing, by them.
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Republicans “pledge” to slash veterans benefits
October 19, 2010Republican Party leaders vowed in their "pledge to America" that, if they take power, they will slash veterans benefits because they are not "paid for."
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Iraq/Afghanistan vets give support to Islamic center
August 26, 2010Veterans call Islamic center near Ground Zero "about as pro-America as one can get."
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Roy Kaufman, freedom fighter, dies at 80
August 23, 2010CLEVELAND -- "Freedom fighter," "Poor man's lawyer," and "One of the most beautiful people I ever met" -- words that described progressive attorney, Roy Kaufman.
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Honoring buddies, not war, on Memorial Day
May 31, 2010Today, I will again lift a pint of ale in memory of my three friends and their comrades who died in Vietnam, without honoring the aggressive and unjust war.
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