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• NRA’s LaPierre Flip-Flops on Universal Background Checks

  

  Did you know that in 1999, after the Columbine High School massacre, the National Rifle Association’s very own Wayne LaPierre testified in favor of universal... Read more

  The 01 February 2013 by   Kzawadzki
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• Invoking Imbolc

  

  As the year continues her eternal circle, we find ourselves once again at Imbolc, the cross-quarter day between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox. Read more

  The 01 February 2013 by   Steveawiggins
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• Chicago’s Homicide Toll Rises to 42, Deadliest January Since 2002

  

  About three months ago, I wrote about a segment I had seen on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer. Sawyer and Alex Perez, a Chicago native, highlighted the gang... Read more

  The 30 January 2013 by   Real Talk
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• The Power of Failure

  

  Inventors tried hundreds of designs to make flying machines practical. Looking at the glittering corporate campuses of booming technology startups in places lik... Read more

  The 30 January 2013 by   Center For International Private Enterprise
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• Matt Forest Calls Paul Kagame a Big Liar

  

  Rwandan president Paul Kagame – Time pictureI am reproducing here a comment that Mark Forest wrote after reading and watching CNN presenter Christine... Read more

  The 29 January 2013 by   Therisingcontinent
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• Social Media and Social Justice When You’re Anti-social.

  

  It’s no secret here on Real Talk that Angelo is the prime contributor and facilitator of this blog. He alone is responsible for any success or traction it has... Read more

  The 29 January 2013 by   Real Talk
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• The Financialization of Food and the Profitability of Poverty

  

  Photo from EcoNews, 13 August 2012The following is a brief excerpt from a chapter of The People’s Book Project, covering issues related to food, water, land... Read more

  The 29 January 2013 by   Andrewgavinmarshall
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• Senate Immigration Bill Deeply Flawed

  

  Eight senators, four Republicans (McCain, Graham, Rubio, Flake) and four Democrats (Schumer, Durbin, Menendez, Bennet), have come up with what they call a... Read more

  The 29 January 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• President Talks Of The Political Reality

  

  When President Obama first took office in 2009, he was a bit naive. He thought he could work with both parties in Congress for the good of the country, and... Read more

  The 29 January 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Gun Debate Incivility: No Excuse for Heckling Victims’ Families

  

  The gun debate continues this week, and sure enough, some gun nuts just could not restrain themselves as hearings began in Connecticut over possible gun violenc... Read more

  The 29 January 2013 by   Kzawadzki
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