Monday, February 28, 2011

Why Public Sector Workers Are Not the "New Welfare Queens"

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Contrary to the outrageous charge by Governor Christie, neither teachers nor any other public sector workers are the “new welfare queens....
Sunday, February 27, 2011

What If Ethics Is Antithetical to the American Ethos?

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Why is the lack of ethics so prevalent in American life at all levels?  The recent financial crisis and the Deep Horizon oil spill have r...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Obama’s Budget – Where Is the Leader We Elected?

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Everyone … well almost everyone … agrees that the United States’ budget deficit is something that must be addressed now if we want to mai...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Robin Hoods in Reverse – Republicans Take From the Poor and Give to the Rich

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  I don’t know how the Republicans get away with it.  In the budget cutting debates, they keep saying that people must sacrifice because...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Waffling on Israeli Settlements - The Establishment Wins Again

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From the outset of his administration, President Obama has clearly and forcefully stood against Israel’s settlement policy.  In his Cairo...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

The Republicans Need a Reality Check

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If ever there was a time for the silent majority to rise up and let itself be heard, it is now.   The loudest group in the United States...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Islamophobia Has No Place in Our Democratic Society

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Life for American Muslims has gotten more difficult in the wake of the Islamophobia that has swept across the land since last August’s “G...