In his State of the Union address, the President called on the nation to “make our peace with nature and begin to make reparations for the damage we have done to our air, to our land, and to our water.” He called protecting the environment “a cause beyond party and beyond factions.” More>>
Category: Book_Review
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“I refuse to be a victim”
In his new book “Empty Playground,” author Callen Harty shares his painful story of childhood sexual abuse. He wants laws changed to punish abusers and for other survivors to speak out sooner. More>>
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Is There a Bomb in Your Backyard?
Nukewatch, an anti-nuclear group based in Luck, Wisconsin, has just released a revised edition of its book Nuclear Heartland, mapping the location of 450 land-based nuclear missiles in the United States. >>More
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Shut up! Just shut up!
A few years back, I dropped in to see a lecture on “taboo speech” by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz. At one point, Dershowitz asked his class if the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, then lit into a hapless student who answered in the affirmative. >>More