CommonSense2 July 2010
Welcome to this, our 34th issue of CommonSense2. There are times when a group of writers and activists can make an editor look much better than he is. This is…
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Three Biblical Voices
A trio of bible study views absent from the Sunday School lessons.
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BLAME
The image here of long dead and decompsed life rising like a furious ghost to kill again is disturbing and appropriate.
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EnviroGirl To Drillers: “You Fracking Whores!”
I looked at the folks from the East Penn Valley group who were attending yet another proceeding and saw people who didn’t need to see their tap water burst into flames to understand that they couldn’t put their fate in the hands of local authorities.
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The Enemy of the Good: The Social Impact of the American Prison Part 2
Even if our economy were healthy enough to sustain our current incarceration rate, there are ways in which our current system of justice can actually contribute to social deviance.
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On Tea Partiers, Progressives, Obama and Double Standards……
The double standard both ideological camps embrace when their guy is in the White House is remarkable.
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Left-wing, Right-wing: Both Are Needed to Fly?
I understand what it is to be timid and insecure. I spent a lot of time there, especially when I was younger, and a fair bit of that lives in me still. But I’ve learned that everyone needs some mettle to negotiate this world.
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On Literary Critics, Poets, Artists and Life
My sole demand of a critic is that he write well enough to entertain me and not attempt to prejudice me for or against anything.
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