Issue: 520
Jun 13, 2013
Cover Story
What Is On Trial In The Trayvon Martin Murder Case” George Zimmerman or “Stand Your Ground”?
Columnist
Will the gun culture rationalize social fear as an acceptable defense?
The case that shocked the nation, the Trayvon Martin Murder Case, has finally come to trial. The case has everything that intrigues, or is, America: xenophobia,…
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Guest Commentary
Drug Money
Guest Commentator
It’s one thing to lobby to sell more cars to the government and it’s quite another to lobby to ruin human lives.
Every now and then I learn something that’s like a smack on the head. It happened a few days ago. What I learned was something many…
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Commentary
Obama’s Promise of Transparency and His Reality of Treachery, Subterfuge and Betrayal
Editorial Board
analysis and prediction from October 2008 was obviously absolutely and chillingly accurate.
“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal.” -Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el Shabazz] “There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” -Dr.…
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Guest Commentary
The Lautenberg Amendment
Guest Commentator
regions of the world.
Adam Clymer’s New York Times article on the death of New Jersey Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (June 4, 2013) briefly mentions a “Lautenberg measure [that] gave…
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Commentary
Fighting For the Right to Kill
Columnist
We’re told that mental illness or criminal past are the common factors that precipitate gun violence; facts on the ground dictate otherwise.
It makes no sense, no matter how you cut it. Gun rights advocates vehemently fight tooth-and-nail to protect the right to own, carry and use guns,…
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Art
Quote to Ponder: “With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting….” – Edward Snowden
Guest Commentator
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