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Misplaced Priorities and the Return of the Repressed

Misplaced Priorities and the Return of the Repressed

Republican Culture of Corruption: 2007 So Far is a pretty good list – see any themes? On this Larry Craig scandal in particular, I’m struck again by how destructive it is when people cannot accept themselves for who they are. There is a strange doubling of the personality. People talk about hypocrisy, but it’s worse than that. It’s worse because it’s a deeper problem than just “not walking the talk.” People who share the traits that you find irritating in…

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The Matriarch King is Dead

The Matriarch King is Dead

“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.” — Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King is dead. A woman of grace and strength and courage and dignity is gone. Equality. Human Rights. Non-violence. Peace. She worked hard to keep these ideas out front and center as solid goals for our country. She fought alongside many others for a national holiday in honor of her husband’s birthday. She opened the…

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