Obama rejects non-violence, embraces American exceptionalism
Posted by Steve Welzer on 12/1109 at 02:17 AMIn his Oslo speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama said: “A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler’s armies.”
The debate about non-violence vs. the need for the use of violent force tends to come down…
New Orleans Is All Of Us
Posted by John Rensenbrink on 11/1909 at 09:07 PMThis article by Kimberly N. Ruffin appears in the current issue of Green Horizon Magazine (Fall/Winter 2009/10). Ms.Ruffin, an African American scholar teaching literature at Roosevelt College in Chicago, invites and urges the reader to respond to her challenging thoughts…
Down with Obamacare
Posted by John Rensenbrink on 10/3009 at 04:35 PMDown with Obamacare
In Congress there are 88 members of the Single Payer Caucus.
If they were to use the muscle their numbers give them, they could let it be known loud and clear that they…
Obama: Preliminary Report Card
Posted by John Rensenbrink on 10/2309 at 10:10 PMA Preliminary Report Card on Obama
President Obama is defended by supporters who point to the entrenched power of status quo and conservative/centrist forces in Senate and House. These forces are also preponderant in the vast reaches of…
Stealing of the Election in Iran --Shades of Ohio 2004
Posted by John Rensenbrink on 06/1509 at 05:52 PMThe Stealing of the Election in Iran: Shades of Ohio 2004.
Laura Leach for The World gave a thorough and compelling account of the political situation in Iran on National Public Radio today. It’s more and more apparent…
The Most Daunting and Crucial Statistic
Posted by John Rensenbrink on 06/1309 at 12:24 PM The Most Daunting and Crucial StatisticThe human population of the planet is now at 6.8 billion people. Awesome!
I remember a speech about our human and planetary predicament I made in Boulder, Colorado…
Why a New Political Party is Imperative --The Democrats Don’t Deliver and Critics Miss the Point
Posted by John Rensenbrink on 06/0909 at 10:35 PMTwo Failures: The Democrats and Their Critics
Democrats dominate both Houses of Congress. But they can’t or won’t deliver to defend the life-critical needs of the overwhelming majority of the American people—as witness their feeble legislative efforts on…
Green Party, the Tenth Amendment, and Governor Perry of Texas
Posted by John Rensenbrink on 04/2309 at 04:11 PMGreens, the Tenth Amendment and Governor Perry of Texas
The Texas governor, Rick Perry, earlier this month joined Texas state Rep. Brandon Creighton and other sponsors of a bill in support of states’ rights under the 10th amendment…
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- Obama: Preliminary Report Card
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