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• Haunted by America

  

  By Alan Bean It’s 3:41 am, but sleep eludes me. I am haunted by America. A few hours ago I walked from the Supreme Court building to the new Martin Luther King... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 SOCIETY

• Can You Spare Some Compassion?

  

  By Pierre R. Berastain I walked through the streets of New York City where incessant noises stand as the backdrop of everything that occurs. “You don’t know wha... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 SOCIETY

• Why Billy Graham is Down with a Mormon President

  

  Romney and the Grahams work things out By Alan Bean Evangelist Billy Graham has tacitly endorsed Mitt Romney’s presidential bid and his website no longer... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2012 SOCIETY

• Presidential Debate: Top 10 Questions That Weren’t Asked

  

  By Alan Bean The folks at New American Media put their heads together and came up with ten questions you didn’t hear at the first two presidential debates and... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2012 SOCIETY

• The Penalty is Exile

  

  By Alan Bean The criminalization of immigration, or “crimmigration” as it is sometimes known, is a recent development. Michelle Fei lays out the basic problem,... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2012 SOCIETY

• Yard Signs, Hurt Feelings and Hope

  

  By Alan Bean Driving through a prestigious neighborhood a few days ago, I was accosted by dozens of political yard signs. I use the word “accosted” because the... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 SOCIETY

• How the US Government Used a Mexican Drug Lord to Convict an Innocent Man

  

  Ramsey Muniz runs for Texas governor in 1970 By Alan Bean Ramsey (Ramiro) Muniz is a man of seventy who hobbles on a bad hip, but his spirit grows stronger... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 SOCIETY

• By Alan BeanYou Are Invited to Broadway Baptist Church, 4...

  

  By Alan BeanYou are invited to Broadway Baptist Church, 4:00 pm on Saturday, April 20th for the second convening of our Common Peace Community. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2000 DEBATE, SOCIETY