I watched the election returns at a dinner party with about 30 people, hosted by a prominent member of the LGBT community here in Philadelphia (I know him as a donor to our organization – don’t go thinking I’m high class). As the returns would come in for each state that went Obama, the room [...]
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February 25th, 2008
“Give me liberty, or give me death!” “Our most basic civil liberty is the right to be kept alive*.” *Please note: It’s not even “to stay alive,” but rather “to be kept alive.” There’s a scary double-entendre for you. August 7th, 2007
Brad posted yesterday about the significance of August 6: the fall of the Holy Roman Empire, Jamaican independence, the passage of the Voting Rights Act, Bush ignoring warnings lad might have prevented the 9/11 tragedy, and this: “In 1945 the United States, in the biggest act of terrorist violence in history, became the first [...] December 9th, 2005
“The most effectual [avenue to truth] is the freedom of the press. It is, therefore, the first shut up by those who fear the investigation of their actions.” “Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” So is our media really biased? Some of it is, undeniably. If [...] |
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