January 18, 2012
by deCadmus
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Freedom of speech is fundamental to the American experience and a bedrock of our way of life. So why is Congress so eager to do away with it? Two bills — SOPA, and PIPA — both purport to shore up … Continue reading
September 11, 2011
by deCadmus
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All the anger in me has been bled. So too the jingoistic rush, the fierce urgency of nationalism that the events of ten years ago engendered. All that remains today is sorrow. Sorrow for our loss of innocents, and the loss of our innocence. Sorrow for the further losses of our young men and women who volunteered in the pure white heat of anger to take our response to their shores… whoever they were, and wherever that might lead them.
Ten years ago today I was glued to my television, witness to history and the awful, unfolding events of the day. Today… I’m tuning out. I might wish today’s commemorations would do more than mourn our losses, individual and collective. I might hope we could search for wisdom in the rubble of our ruins, rather than sow anger and fear anew. But that’s not good television, is it?
September 5, 2011
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“All that serves labor serves the nation. All that harms is treason. If a man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool. There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.”
— Abraham Lincoln
September 1, 2011
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The eminently serene Maya Angelou, former U.S. Poet Laureate, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Horatio Alger Award, says the decision to paraphrase one of the quotes that appears on the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C. … Continue reading
August 31, 2011
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“With the release of his memoir, In My Time, the former vice president very clearly aims to have history reflect he is — at the least — a Dick to be reckoned with. In this matter he will no doubt succeed.”
August 19, 2011
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With only fifteen months remaining until the election, the silly season of presidential politics is upon us already. (Woohoo!) And with a Republican field of candidates that spans the spectrum of merely-right-of-center candidate Jon Huntsman to the wonder-twins and ideological … Continue reading
August 12, 2011
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August 5, 2011
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“The problem with town hall meetings is, unlike your wallet, the people there aren’t sorted by denomination. You could spend a few minutes talking to somebody who dresses nice, only to learn that they’re wearing everything they own. And that’s just wasteful.”
– Every Member of Congress You Know