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Perhaps it is just me, but I think both the media and the New York
Perhaps it is just me, but I think both the media and the New York City officials are going way overboard regarding the murder of the two policemen. P...

Listening to the pundits discuss the torture program conducted by
Listening to the pundits discuss the torture program conducted by the CIA for years under the Bush administration, the media seems to swallow the prep...

President Obama has called for the establishment of a super-fund
President Obama has called for the establishment of a super-fund of $263 million dollars to procure, equip, and train urban and suburban police depart...

If your concerns about violence are limited to property damage and
If your concerns about violence are limited to property damage and looting, and you have never shed two tears for the history of institutional violenc...

First, let me state that I am not in favor of violence, nor would
First, let me state that I am not in favor of violence, nor would I ever advocate that disenfranchised Americans take up arms against the sovereign st...

Well, one thing that the incidents yet unfolding in Ferguson
Well, one thing that the incidents yet unfolding in Ferguson surely demonstrate is that people of color and ethnicity cannot trust the mainstream crim...

So both the NYC doctor and the nurse in Maine succeeded in
So both the NYC doctor and the nurse in Maine succeeded in avoiding infecting anyone. Now that the media has stopped stirring the hysteria that they e...

I am reminded of the protagonist of Ibsens An Enemy of the People
I am reminded of the protagonist of Ibsens An Enemy of the People this morning, a cautionary tale by the playwright about a small town doctor who disc...

People never cease to amaze me, I recently de-friended David
People never cease to amaze me, I recently de-friended David George, who is the husband of one of my daughters high school friends after he went berse...