Showing posts with label President Obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label President Obama. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

This Is How a Real President Responds to an Act of Racist Mass Murder

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Sunday, February 22, 2015

1 Picture, 1,000 Words: The Crusades (Way Back When?)

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Clay Bennett on the Crusades :
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Christianity, Islam, Violence: Three Thoughtful Reactions to Mr. Obama's National Prayer Breakfast Remarks

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Three thoughtful quotes from three thoughtful articles responding to the manufactured right-wing outrage after President Obama told t...
Monday, November 3, 2014

Aletha Blayse's Essay on Child Abuse, War, and Need for a National Commission of Inquiry: A Footnote (and Recommendation)

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Dear Readers, I'm multi-tasking right now after a day of traveling, and apologize that I didn't take time (I didn't h...

Aletha Blayse: Child Abuse, War, and the Need for a National Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse

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We Are Losing the War On the eve of the November 4 election, America is at war. I’m not talking about the war in the Middle East....
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Contraception and More Contraception: The Religious-Political Debate That Won't Subside

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An interesting set of articles in just the past several days about the issue of contraception (and its political application in the ...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Politics: Dueling Hymns in Congress, Paul Ryan and Contraception, Pat Buchanan on Shutdown, MSM and Centrist Myths, Anonymous and Maryville Rape Story, Malala's Meeting with Obama

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1. As Peter Montgomery notes , yesterday appears to have been dueling hymn day in the U.S. Congress :  House Republicans sang "A...
Monday, October 7, 2013

Pope Francis and a Catholic Springtime? But What About the Abuse Crisis and Women's Role in the Church?

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As I listen to Leonardo Boff predict a new springtime in the Catholic church due to Pope Francis (see here and here ), I don't w...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The End of Summer(s), Plus Bros, Bros, More Bros: The World the Boys' Club Has Made for All of Us

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Friday, August 30, 2013

As U.S. Is Poised for Another Cowboy War, Need for Expedited Action Remains Entirely Unexplained

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Steve Benen at Maddow Blog  on what Huffington Post's lead headline * this morning is calling the next in line of America's ...
Monday, January 21, 2013

President Obama's Inaugural Address on Stonewall and Gay Equality: Historic Affirmations

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Ezra Klein has published a transcript of President Obama's second inaugural address in Washington Post . Two statements leap out...

President Obama's Re-Inauguration on Martin Luther King Day: Commentary on the Synchronicity

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Very interesting commentary today on the synchronicity that brings together the second inauguration of President Obama and the Martin...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

Quote for the Day: Joan Walsh at Salon on Democracy as Extension of Basic Rights

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Joan Walsh, "Obama's Great Society," at Salon :
Thursday, January 3, 2013

More Recent Commentary on "Fiscal Cliff" Deal: A Selection of Reactions

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A wealth of recent good commentary on the "fiscal cliff" deal the Obama administration has just cut with the Republicans, m...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Peter Laarman on Mr. Obama's Deal with the Devil on the Devil's Terms

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At Religion Dispatches, Peter Laarman provides a much-needed religious-ethical perspective on the shoddy deal American top legislators...
Tuesday, January 1, 2013

William Greider on Fiscal Cliff Outcome: Time for a New New Democratic Movement

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And for a countervailing view on yesterday's fiscal cliff solution, here's William Greider at The Nation :

Commentary on New Year's Fiscal Cliff Deal: Entering New Year with Eyes Wide Open

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The fate of peoples is made like this, two men in small rooms. Forget the coronations, the conclaves of cardinals, the pomp and process...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Gerald T. Slevin: Mother Petitions President Obama to Combat Organizational Child Sexual Abuse

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Another very important posting sent to me today by Jerry Slevin, which relates to his call for President Obama to establish a nation...
Monday, November 19, 2012

GOP's Southern Strategy and Race-Baiting: I Remember When

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Integration Protest, 1957, Little Rock, Arkansas In my mind, it's always 1957 sending the snatches of conversation, the turns o...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Gerald T. Slevin: Why President Obama Must Now Act to End Organized Child Abuse

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Another extremely important essay by Harvard-trained former Wall Street lawyer Jerry Slevin.  Jerry argues that "it is the righ...