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What I wish I had said on Veterans Day
November 22, 2001Last Veterans Day, I was in a nursing home with a broken ankle, and all us war veterans were invited to a meeting in the day room. We had the usual inspirational patriotic songs and then...
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Ft. Benning, Ga. has a school for terrorists
November 22, 2001Terror:violence promoted by a group to achieve or maintain supremacy.Terrorism:the systematic use of terror, violence, and intimidation to achieve an end. (American Heritage Dictionary, college edition.) Since the vicious and compounded horrors of Sept. 11, U.S....
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Forging a peace majority
November 22, 2001The Bush Administration seeks to ride the crest of popular demand for security against terrorism through Congress and the courts with their own agenda. Their wish list includes re-authorizing CIA sponsored assassinations and terror against liberation...
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Socialist patriotism in the present crisis
November 22, 2001To be a patriot is to love one's country, people and civilization without hating others, without thinking yourself superior. American revolutionaries were patriots, as were Yugoslav and Chinese Communists, who led their people against Nazi and...
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Maine city to push for universal health care
November 22, 2001PORTLAND, Me. – The Portland City Council decided Nov. 19 to add its muscle to a push for universal health care in Maine. Councilors voted 6-3 to pass a resolution endorsing the results of a Nov....
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