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Ocean news is often bad news these days. We are bombarded with stories of pollution, overfishing, of sea level rise and the dire consequences of ex...
- Added: May 01, 2018
- Length: 04:03
Natural forces unleashed an epic scale of destruction on Houston and surrounding areas of Texas. Built upon consumption, unmitigated growth, and fo...
- Added: Sep 12, 2017
- Length: 05:28
First published on the eve of Martin Luther King Day , we turn to our preferred form of political expression, the sonnet, to acknowledge the compas...
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- Added: Jan 15, 2016
- Length: 01:11
- Purchases: 1
All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, Tolstoi wrote as the first sentence in Anna Karenina. The epitaph he c...
- Added: Dec 15, 2015
- Length: 04:45
After Nelson Mandela was freed from the life sentence he was serving in prison, he often spoke about refusing bitterness toward his captors. But h...
- Added: Dec 06, 2013
- Length: 02:54
To understand what civility is these days in times of tweets, smart phones, blogs and Facebook, we first have to look at "uncivil" and how "uncivil...
- Added: Aug 25, 2013
- Length: 02:36
"Updating your truth" is a term not much used these days. We read that somebody "denied", "vetoed", "denounced", "maintained", "refused to consider...
- Added: Jun 15, 2013
- Length: 04:07
Corrupting the Message: Remembering the Iraq War
Ten years ago this week, the Iraq War began. Like every other atrocity in history, or let's limi...
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 03:48
When people say things like the quote published in the newspaper the other day, they don't seem to realize what's at stake. So, this Citizen's Guid...
- Added: Nov 20, 2012
- Length: 03:12
Party structure has always provided the legs for a candidate to stand on- supporting and staying in touch with a candidate's focus: the voters. ...
- Added: Nov 10, 2012
- Length: 04:34
The Constitution does not say "We, the Brand Consumer". It says "We, the... thinking , questioning, remembering, mind-changing, advocating and yes...
- Added: Sep 13, 2012
- Length: 03:55
The peculiar thing about the News is that very often events of senseless tragedy and despair are juxtaposed with News of hope and compassion. Some...
- Added: Jul 27, 2012
- Length: 04:17
As the Supreme Court Justices listen to lawyers try to find the legal logic in requiring people to buy health insurance, let us remember that peopl...
- Added: Mar 28, 2012
- Length: 06:45
The January 8, 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona has ignited a fiery discussion about the shooter's cultural context. Some have claimed that Jared L...
- Added: Jan 15, 2011
- Length: 09:03
Voting in the Israeli elections on a stormy winter morning.
- Added: Feb 09, 2009
- Length: 02:17
A study on new peacebuilding actions within the Pentagon.
- Added: Apr 10, 2008
- Length: 55:00
An analysis of the conservative methodology of Sean Hannity
- Added: May 30, 2007
- Length: 05:55
The U.S. Congress now has the blood of Iraqi innocents on their hands
- Added: May 30, 2007
- Length: 04:15
A Commentary from Scotland on issues affecting the Bush/Blair conduct of the war in Iraq
- Added: Feb 05, 2006
- Length: 08:48