Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them. There is almost no kind of outrage-----torture, imprisonment without trial, assassination, the bombing of civilians-----which does not change its moral color when it is committed by 'our' side. ...The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. George Orwell

`We'll hold the distinction of being the only Nation in the history of the world that ever went to the poor house in an automobile.' Will Rogers, Native American patriot 1879-1935

This is not a trick question. This is an election year, and if you are a woman, who she was and her sacrifice should be remembered. She outraged a king and a crowd of fashionable Epsom Derby attendees in the final days of her life. She didn't know her place. She and a group of radicals refused to listen to conventional wisdom. As the thoroughbreds rounded Tattneham Corner, she stepped onto the track. The king's horse trampled her. It was June 4, 1913. She died four days later. The k... read more

I am posting the following essay verbatim because of the issues arising in our society Despite propaganda to the contrary, this is a pluralistic nation. The Bill of Rights has been trampled and sullied, but has yet to be repealed. I wouldn't want to live in a theocracy under any circumstances, especially not the rabid hybrid of right-wing politics and fundamenatalist pedanticism.

A great American author wrote this essay over a century ago, when our country was emerging from a civil war.... read more

The civilized have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not intend to change the status quo; are responsible for their slaughter and enslavement; rain down bombs on defenseless children whenever and wherever they decide that their 'vital interests' are menaced, and think nothing of torturing a man to death: these people are not to be taken seriously when they speak of the 'sanctity' of human life, or the 'conscience' of the civilized world. " James Baldwin [From chapter... read more