Tag: human rights
member name: Karl Leuba
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May 23, 2007 12:40 PM EDT --
Each time I read a report of the suffering of people in Iraq, or Gaza, Or Lebanon, or East L.A. I am reminded that America claims a tradition of defense of equality and liberty. And each time i am reminded, . . . more
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July 20, 2007 08:06 PM EDT --
I found out today I am a xanthochroid. And, what’s worse, only one of my children is the same race as I am. Possibly two, but there is some doubt. I had an interracial marriage. . . . more
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August 04, 2007 01:49 PM EDT --
What is Marriage anyway?
First, in religion it holds the exact same position as Baptism, and Confirmation. There is not a single state that recognizes the Contract of Baptism, which does bind a . . . more
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September 12, 2007 12:41 PM EDT --
I hope the title set the mood for this because it is personal, but it is not about me, and the fellow it is about can't speak for himself.
I made my living for many years reading news stories aloud. . . . more
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September 21, 2007 12:10 PM EDT --
I have been goaded into anger again.
The United States Senate, representing me and you, and Andy Meyers and Moveon.org has overstepped its bounds by a couple of dozen leagues. They have voted a . . . more
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December 02, 2007 02:30 AM EST --
A friend just forwarded a desperate plea for financial help in the face of a health crisis to me. The appeal is being made To cover the expenses of an unborn child facing an uncertain future, the . . . more
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July 23, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
That is a common question. Writers ask it to find out what to write. It would be stupid to write children's fiction if children did not read it. Without 12 year olds, there would . . . more
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July 30, 2007 04:38 PM EDT --
I was planning a long thoughtful essay on critical thinking and how it is absent from the Political Discourse today. But, as I went over the notes in my mental journal, I realized that critical thinking . . . more
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January 15, 2008 10:12 AM EST --
Two veterans, evicted from Veterans Administration Housing have taken their own lives over the past few weeks. The men were housed in an apartment complex on the grounds of a VA Medical Facility, . . . more
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January 18, 2008 02:09 PM EST --
There is a line in the USA that is not to be crossed. That line is the seperation of Church and State. Mike Huckabee has crossed it, full steam ahead, and with vigor.
Steve Benson comments in cartoon . . . more
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December 08, 2007 08:30 PM EST --
Thanks to Corel Photo House.
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September 06, 2007 07:00 AM EDT --
Quite a few years ago a Journalism instructor told his class how to attract attention to a story about an issue. He told us to put a “face” on the story. Find a personal example . . . more
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August 18, 2007 12:40 PM EDT --
The wheels of Justice Grind Exceeding fine.
The wheels of Justice For Lt. Ehren Watada continue to grind. Video, and other links at "Thank You Lt. Watada"
The Wheels of Justice . . . more
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December 01, 2007 02:11 PM EST --
This came to me in email from Moveon.org. consider this a forwarding of it.
When you buy a book, movie, or gift online, do you want that information automatically . . . more
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August 05, 2007 01:01 PM EDT --
The Senate, with a vote from Democrat Diane Feinstein, has approved a continuation of warrant less phone surveillance.
No Republicans voted against the bill. The following Democrats voted for it: Evan . . . more
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August 29, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
First for the people who think it is abuse to live in Cuba, there is a Cuban Farmer trying to get his daughter back from a foster family in Florida. He wants to take her home to Cuba.
Now for the . . . more
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July 31, 2007 12:25 AM EDT --
Before you go any further, READ THIS. OK, now that you have read that, did you get the message?
Are we about to be innundated with the screaming meamies? It there a terrorist . . . more
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August 24, 2007 02:19 PM EDT --
42. Now, figure out what 42 means.
On August 24th, 1853, potato chips were first prepared.
In 1987, a U.S. appeals court in Cincinnati ruled public schools could require students . . . more
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July 21, 2007 11:10 AM EDT --
One of my more prosperous neighbors, actually my only prosperous neighbor, operates a landscaping business. On Wednesday he has one of his crews do his yard, and he works with them. Four people In about . . . more
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August 28, 2007 05:35 AM EDT --
Geneva Convention on persons held by an occupying force.
For those of you who believe EVERYTHING GW Bush and Rush Limbaugh Tell you, I am respectfully suggesting that you carefully peruse the Geneva . . . more
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