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The Juncture of Science and Spirituality
Martin LeFevre: "Many Christians believe that "the false teaching of evolution is simply another of Satan's schemes to lead people away from the truth." Why do people believe such rubbish, and in the literal truth of Genesis? What motivates such intractable ignorance?
Jan 27, 2012, 10:58am
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Whitewashing History in Arizona
The dispute over Arizona's shutting down of ethnic studies programs that cite white exploitation of Chicano and Indian communities has focused on the impact on Mexican-American children, but the new policy also affects students from Native American communities, as Bill Means explains to Dennis J. Bernstein..."Arizona has painted themselves into a corner on the issue of human rights, especially as it pertains to censorship, especially as it pertains to restricting the education access of children.
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Jan 26, 2012, 2:03pm
Blogosphere
America's Great Divide Between Rich and Poor
Stephen Lendman: "Political Washington's austerity harshness causes greater harm. Shocking bipartisan indifference to human need and suffering is criminal...In the world's richest ever country, poverty is highest among industrialized nations. Homelessness and hunger levels are unprecedented. Over 20% of US families haven't enough money to buy food and need help.
Jan 25, 2012, 3:24pm
Articles
Consuming Less to Help the Environment and the 99%
"It is no accident that 1% of the richest people in the United States own over 40% of the nation's wealth. It is no accident that we have become a nation of consumption. There is a direct link: the 1% own the businesses that we buy from, we fund them to bombard each and every one of us with thousands of marketing messages everyday, thereby causing us to buy even more "stuff" from them...
Jan 24, 2012, 3:35pm
Meditations
Man's Place in the Universe
Martin LeFevre: "Fog enshrouds the town as I enter the mountain community from the valley below. With a few hundred meters more of elevation, the fog clears, though the skies remain cloudy. Reaching the man-made lake, there is a brightening, and even a small patch or two of blue.
Jan 24, 2012, 10:10am
Articles
Chinese New Year of The Dragon
Chinese New Year 2012 begins Monday, Jan. 23, 2012...The Chinese New Year is symbolized by a new animal zodiac, determined by a 12-year cycle. Last year was the Year of the Rabbit. But 2012 welcomes a more commanding beast -- the Dragon...The Dragon is anything but a formidable foe in Chinese culture. Unlike the demon that gets slayed in Western literature, the Dragon is a symbol of good fortune and intense power...
Jan 23, 2012, 12:08pm
Blogosphere
Murmuration
James Howard Kunstler: "The people of the USA, having been let down and swindled in so many ways by the people they placed their trust in, and even freely elected, appear to be in a daze of injury. Maybe this accounts for the obsession with zombies...The term "murmuration" describes the way that rapid changes occur in the realm of human activities...
Jan 23, 2012, 10:28am
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Death Valley students face loss of lifeline
California has pulled funding for school transportation for the rest of this fiscal year and may eliminate it entirely next year. In Death Valley, where some students have a two-hour round trip, the cut is 'catastrophic.'...The transportation cuts amount to discrimination. The poor won't have an opportunity to educate their kids, and this is the only chance they have to get out of poverty...
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Jan 22, 2012, 4:25pm
OCCUPY
January 21, 2012 - Occupy Denver Photos
The theme for Saturdays gathering was "Mourning for Civil Liberties" and funeral attire with props such as tombstones and coffins recommended. The turnout was good, at least a hundred people, mostly dressed in black and very lively.
Jan 21, 2012, 6:09pm
Meditations
Ten Commandments Down to One
Martin LeFevre: "I'd been deathly ill for a fortnight with food poisoning. Having foolishly asked the universe, in a meditative state, 'should I become a vegetarian?' the cosmos answered, rudely.
Jan 21, 2012, 10:58am
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How Not to Celebrate Liberty
When the National Defense Authorization Act cleared Congress on Dec. 15, 2011, some critics noted the irony of the date, the 220th anniversary of the ratified Bill of Rights.....but in 1876, during that centennial year - a severe and simultaneous assault on the basic rights of Native Americans and African-Americans occurred sending the country careening in a new direction.
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Jan 20, 2012, 5:24pm
Blogosphere
Beating Up on Chavez
Stephen Lendman: "Since inaugurated in February 1999, he's faced open US hostility, including by go-along major media scoundrels...Venezuelans get free education to the highest levels, quality healthcare at no cost, subsidized food, affordable electricity and cooking gas, gasoline at 7 cents a gallon, and other social benefits.
Jan 20, 2012, 5:07pm
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EPA, BIA & Tribes Clash Over Radioactive Dump Cleanup
"Last month, the Hopi Tribe sued the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) over the landfill (Tuba City Open Dump.) that the federal agency operated for nearly 50 years. The lawsuit is the latest in a decade-long push by the Navajo and Hopi tribes to get the landfill cleaned up...The Hopi tribe - say drinking water for at least 1,800 people is in danger of being contaminated by a moving plume of underground uranium. And they believe time is running out.
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Jan 19, 2012, 12:05pm
Commentary
Extreme Inequality or Democracy?
Ron Forthofer: "Last autumn, likely due to the Occupy movement, there was a shift of media attention from debt reduction and the cutting of vital public programs (for example, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid) to the issue of extreme wealth and income inequality in America.
Jan 18, 2012, 1:57pm
Meditations
A Cast of Hawks
Martin LeFevre: "Arriving at the creek at the edge of town at the zenith of the day, I'm surprised by the warmth, clarity, and quietness of the afternoon. As I drop down off the paved bike path, a large woodland hawk alights a small tree across the creek, and then departs as I approach.
Jan 17, 2012, 2:30pm
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