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Lost Opportunity

Noel Ignatiev

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Roy Moore, Republican nominee to fill the U.S. Senate seat from Alabama vacated by Jeff Sessions, has been accused of sexually harassing teenage girls, including a fourteen-year-old. Moore is the founder and president of the Foundation ...

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Legitimacy

Noel Ignatiev

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In declaring Trumpโ€™s presidency illegitimate, Representative John Lewis opened a discussion that may go beyond what he had in mind. Lewis based his statement on the supposed role of Russian hacking in determining the outcome of ...

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Short Shots from an Abolitionist

Andrew Stewart

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by Andrew Stewart   Note: None of the opinions expressed herein are to be construed as those of anyone but the author’s.   -At this point we can only pray for gridlock until 2018 when a ...

Smashing Kittens

Noel Ignatiev

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By now many people have seen Donald Trumpโ€™s mocking imitation of The New York Times reporter who suffers from a disabling ailment that prevents him from using his arms fully and who asked Trump a question ...

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Garrison and the 2016 Election

Noel Ignatiev

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A friend recently called my attention to an article by William Lloyd Garrison, โ€œOn the Constitution and the Union,โ€ in The Liberator, Dec. 29, 1832. Here is the link: http://fair-use.org/the-liberator/1832/12/29/on-the-constitution-and-the-union   Garrison made several points:   ...

A Carnival of Inclusion

Noel Ignatiev

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The Democratic National Convention was a carnival of inclusion: black, white, gay, straight, Christians, Jews, Muslims, cis-gendered and transgenderedโ€”all joined in proclaiming that โ€œnothing can be wrong if it keeps our country strongโ€ (with the implied ...

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Smash up the Mess!

Noel Ignatiev

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Now that Sanders has capitulated (as many predicted he would), we are going to see new and interesting lines drawn. Perhaps the time has come to bring back Voltaireโ€™s slogan, โ€œEcrasez lโ€™infame!โ€ (Smash up the Mess!)

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