Category: Politics
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The Future of America (if DJT wins) by Jim Anderson
“Think about how citizens live in countries controlled by dictators. The millions of people in Russia are poor and their economy is cratering, but that doesn’t matter to Putin and his oligarchs who have lined their pockets by using their dictatorial power to become among the richest men in the world. Their government does not…
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Palmer Faran on Ukraine Response: Echoes of the Past
The world was different then, no nuclear bombs, no television. Our excuse was that we didn’t know. (Although many did know.) Now we watch in real time. Buildings crumbling before our eyes, bodies in the street, a child’s shoe in the gutter. This is not a movie. What will be our excuse this time?
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Letter from San Antonio: Texas Power Politics?
A friend reports that the current weather situation in San Antonio brings new meaning to the words “Texas power Politics.”
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Boston’s vigil for Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life community “heartening”
Cambridge writer Anita Harris felt heartened by the outpouring of support for Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting victims at a vigil held October 28, 2018 on the Boston Common.