Blog Entries by Jeanine Molloff
Anti-War Protest In St. Louis: While Palin Preaches, These People Live Their Faith
Washington University in St. Louis was the setting for the Vice Presidential Debate yesterday evening. Picture perfect, against a sedate Midwestern sunset, barricades were erected and helicopters flew overhead in an Orwellian version of 'freedom lite.' While luxury chartered busses escorted Wash. U. alumnus and various other sundry elites; citizen...
The Character Issue, FISA and The Constitution
Posted June 30, 2008 | 01:06 PM (EST)
Recently Chris Hedges wrote an article in Truthout entitled: The Corporate State and the Subversion of Democracy. Hedges described the systematic, de facto dismantling of the US Constitution, stemming from a series of unconstitutional 'laws', obediently supported by both Democrats and Republicans. As I read further, I realized the legislative...
Mother's Day: Anti-War Celebration
Posted May 6, 2008 | 06:38 PM (EST)
Mother's Day was established in 1870 by anti-war activist Julia Ward-Howe. The years following the Civil War were characterized by continual violence. Although the armistice and surrender had been signed by General Lee, many mercenary soldiers were still actively engaging in guerrilla warfare against civilians. Veterans from both sides were...
Where Are Clinton And Obama On The "Homegrown Terrorism Act"?
Posted March 13, 2008 | 06:58 PM (EST)
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity" (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963). Never were wiser or more prophetic words spoken. Now in 2008, we are faced with a legislative proposal based on fear, ignorance and the very stupidity spoken of in...
The Sound Of Democrats' Silence On Civil Liberties
Posted February 22, 2008 | 04:09 PM (EST)
We are entering a new age, one in which we are seeing the 'inevitability of democracy.' On a frigid February night in St. Louis, crowds gathered outside the music building at Washington University, not to hear a concert, but to protest loudly their revulsion towards the speaker of the...
On The Trail In The Gateway City
Posted February 5, 2008 | 01:52 AM (EST)
What is the similarity between Campbell's Soup, and the current presidential candidates this election cycle? Both offer 'canned' goods, with the politicos giving speeches vetted by PR firms and focus groups, filled to the mouth watering brim with politically correct slogans, all served up with a tasty dollop of...
Missouri: The Triangulation Of Senator Claire McCaskill
Posted October 12, 2007 | 02:38 PM (EST)
The following piece is part of the Huffington Post's OffTheBus project.
Senator Claire McCaskill, elected in the Congressional landslide takeover by Dems in 2006, campaigned on ending the Iraq War. Like most Dems, ending the Iraq quagmire was central to her election. While major campaign giants...
Mark Wahlberg is not a fan of a "Saturday Night Live" sketch from October 4th called "Mark Wahlberg Talks...
E&P reports that Sarah Palin was greeted with a chorus of boos at the Philadelphia Flyers game where she...
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With the presidential campaign approaching its final...
The state of the McCain campaign is drawing fire from its own ostensible allies....
Tina Fey told TVGuide she'll be "done" if John McCain and...
**SCROLL DOWN FOR SLIDESHOW** It looks like Sarah Palin has traded in...
Now that a full-scale economic crisis is upon us, many are left asking the complicated but necessary...
I don't know if Sarah would be into trying yoga. It can be a fairly...
PORTERVILLE, Calif. — National forests and parks _ long popular...
Posted October 3, 2008 | 11:33 AM (EST)