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Entries by Byron Williams from 01/2009

Will the G.O.P Ever Learn?

| Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
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Flirting with racism either overtly or covertly has also been an unfortunate component of the Republican Party for the past 40 years.

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Tribute to Nat Hentoff

| Posted 01.09.2009 | Huffington Post
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Back in 2007, I wrote a column about the Supreme Court's ruling on the First Amendment rights case involving Joseph Frederick, a high school student, ...

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Where Has the Time Gone?

| Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics
Read More: Katrina Response, Attorney, Bush, Courts, Hurricane Katrina, Social Security, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Bush Legacy, President Bush, Dismantle Social Security, Habeas Corpus, Fdr, Commander in Chief, Politics News

Bush, You had more impact on the country than any other president in my lifetime. One may have to go back to FDR to find a commander in chief that had more influence on the republic.

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The Oakland Protestors and the Arc of the Moral Universe

| Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics
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How does throwing something through a window or burning an automobile serve the memory of Oscar Grant, especially when his family is calling for calm?

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THE DREAM LIVES ON

| Posted 01.19.2009 | Huffington Post
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Speech delivered as the keynote address in Oakland, CA We have assembled this morning, to commemorate, to honor, to celebrate, but most important, to...

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The GOP's Intellectual Impasse

| Posted 01.30.2009 | Huffington Post
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I have no idea whether or not the $819 billion stimulus package, just passed by the House, and will soon be deliberated by the Senate will work as adv...

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