war
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Why I like Wikileaks
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5 min read
Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard something about Wikileaks. And chances are just as good that you’ve formed an opinion about the website. Whether it is a beacon of hope or a traitorous organization, the public, and especially the media, has made its opinions known widely and swiftly, with each new unveiling of…
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Pick and choose protestors
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1 min read
Just a quick thought for a Monday morning… Why is it that the millions that protested the Iraq Conflict peacefully for years were virtually ignored by the press and totally ignored by Washington while today’s ‘protesters’, hundreds of angry and abusive anti-tax protesters, are media darlings and have Congress cow-towing to them?
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Doomed to repeat
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5 min read
Our obsession with a particular part of a story, often means that we miss the moral of it. World Wars I and II serve as a prime example. What does this have to say to us, now?