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A Texas psychologist looks at recent violence
November 11, 2009The recent shootings at Fort Hood, Texas and Orlando, Florida suggest that people today may have a different response to economic collapse than what happened during the Great Depression.
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Health care, abortion and ‘a bridge too far’
November 11, 2009By a vote of 220-215 the Democrats ushered in health reform legislation, the likes of which haven't been seen since Medicare passed in 1965. But it came with a price.
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Celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall
November 10, 2009This week, we are informed, the world is celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
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Religion rocked?
November 9, 2009Is 2009 the year for questioning religion? My movie buddy and I, still full of questions from having seen "Religulous" earlier this year, saw "The Invention of Lying" and "A Serious Man" in early October.
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Capitalism, socialism, democracy and other letters to the editor
November 5, 2009Michael Moore's film on capitalism shows how very limited democracy is under capitalism.
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