Declaration of Independence

Moral Economics of Being an Anti-Genocide Leader

Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, Women's Rights, Declaration of Independence, Darfur Genocide, War on Terrorism, Somalia, Barack Obama, Congo, Genocide, World News

Patriotic rhetoric emanates from both presidential campaigns, their allies, and the chirons of every broadcast and cable news division. Anchors and st...

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The Founders' Immigration Policy

Alex Nowrasteh | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Illegal Aliens, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Naturalization, Illegal Immigrants, Founding Fathers, Immigration, Arizona Immigration Law, Birthright Citizenship, Latino Voices News

To truly reform immigration, we should look back to the nation's first immigration and naturalization laws, which are a far cry from restrictive laws in Arizona and Alabama.

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Hell Hath No Fury Like Women Scorned

Donna Henes | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Abortion, Birth Control, Rape, Republican War Against Women, Contraception, Transvaginal Ultrasound, Newt Gingrich, Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

You've heard the saying, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." Well, ladies, it is time for some serious fury! And men, I am talking to you, too -- all fathers, sons, brothers, lovers, and friends of women.

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Pursuing Happiness: A Declaration of Reinvention

Russell C. Smith | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Liberty, Spirit of Reinvention, Money, Capitalism, Imagination, Pursuing Happiness, Happiness as a Concept, Culture News

What a grand gesture. The pursuit of happiness -- codified into the founding document of a newly emerging nation. Happiness as an ideal to reach for and maybe not ever attain.

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Newt's Latest Declaration of Independence From Reality

William K. Black | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Republican Primary, Newt Gingrich 2012, 2012 Election, American History, Elections 2012, 2012 Republican Primary, Newt Gingrich, Gop Primary, Newt Gingrich History Teacher, Bank Regulation, Banking, Banks, Newt Gingrich Banks, Bankers, Politics News

Gingrich's historical argument rests on a non-existent provision in the Declaration of Independence that he claims was designed to protect non-existent banks from regulation.

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The Politics of Sustainability

John Friedman | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Politics, Sustainability, Thomas Paine, U.S. Constitution, America, Democrats, Ben Franklin, Republicans, Corporate Responsibility, Csr, u.s. Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, Green News

It is time to review our foundational values and documents and establish why sustainability is very much based on American values that transcend today's politicized political climate.

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Republican Misreading Of The Declaration Of Independence

Denis Lacorne | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, Creator, Florida Presidential Debate, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, God and the Constiutution, Religion and Politics, Religion News

It is pointless to refer to a God or a Creator in the founding document of the American democracy, since the only source of all legitimate authority is "We the People."

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Compassionate Capitalism: America's Easy Button?

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Values, Freedom, Occupy Wall Street, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, American Values, Capitalism, Smuckers, Hewlett-Packard, Newt Gingrich, Business, Rick Perry, Corporate Values, Business News

To have a useful debate about America's economy, we need to be able to freely discuss these issues without being branded as unpatriotic or disloyal to our nation or any political party.

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The Declaration of Interdependence

Jim Schroer | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, American Politics, American People, Interdependence, Politics News

Such has been the patient sufferance of the people of these United States of America; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of political decision making and, when necessary, the actual structure and organization of its government.

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No, Virginia, There's No War on Christmas

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, War on Religion, Religious Freedom, First Amendment, Separation of Church and State, Diversity, Governor Rick Perry, Bill of Rights, Christianity, War on Christmas, Prayer in School, Holidays, Holiday Season, Christmas, Rick Perry, Politics News

Tell me, Governor Perry, when you talk about "prayer in school," do you mean all prayer? Would you object to Muslims pulling out prayer rugs and bowing to Mecca? Jews opening their Torah and chanting? A Native American prayer dance, a Sikh kirtan, or a New Age affirmation litany?

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A Declaration for Independence

Al Checchi | Posted 01.04.2012

We, the people, consistent with our nation's founding principles and in keeping with our sacred duties, in national association declare our independence from the politics of the two major political parties.

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A New Declaration of Independence

Bob Burnett | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Capitalism, Income Inequality, Plutocracy, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News

Occupy Wall Street indicates the need for a new Declaration of Independence and a new form of government.

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PHOTOS: One Of America's Greatest Calligraphers Has Died

Posted 01.03.2012

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A former art director at top advertising agency Young & Rubicam, Sam Fink was one of America's great calligraphers and illustrators. Born on May 2...

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Not a Native American? You're an Immigrant

Bernard Starr | Posted 01.02.2012

Contrary to the popular belief that we are swimming in more immigrants than ever, in 1890 14.8 percent of our population was foreign-born compared to today's 12.5 percent. And the number of illegal immigrants is on the decline.

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The Fourth Way

Al Checchi | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Political Ideology, Leadership, Left Wing, Obama Leadership, Right Wing, Political Aristocracy, Non-Partisan, Barack Obama, Political Extremism, Declaration of Independence, Politics, Al Checchi, Bipartisanship, The Change Maker, Third Way, Obama Approval, Partisanship, Politics News

We need to develop a "Fourth Way," the American Way -- neither left, right, or bipartisan, but a non partisan common sense program for American civic renewal.

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Today's Republicans Embrace Articles of Confederation (A Failed State), Not the Constitution

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Founders, Tenth Amendment, Tea Party, Articles of Confederation, Constitution, Regressives, Repubicans, Politics News

It has been apparent from the beginning that most of the Tea Party people, who now have control of the Republican Party, never really understood the Constitution, and certainly not the context in which it was written.

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The New American Revolution: Occupy Wall Street

Bob Burnett | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Top 1 Percent, Social Justice, Arab Spring, We Are the 99 Percent, Economic Crisis, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News

To declare their independence in 1776, colonists had to let go of their belief the King would rescue them. To declare their independence in 2011, Americans have to let go of their belief that the present government will rescue them.

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Huey Long Advises Occupy Wall Street: Need an Agenda? You Can Have Mine.

Rebecca Sive | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Ordinary Americans, Occupy Wall Street, Share Our Wealth, Zucotti Park, Huey Long, Politics News

In a national radio address on February 23, 1934, Huey Long unveiled his "Share Our Wealth" plan, a program designed to provide a decent standard of living to all Americans by spreading the nation's wealth among the people.

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British Lawyers: The Declaration Of Independence Is Illegal

Posted 12.20.2011

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Was America founded on illegal grounds? That's the argument advanced by a group of British lawyers who say the United States had no right to secede...

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You Have No Rights

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, Bill of Rights, Right to Privacy, War on Terror, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Civil Rights, Yaser Hamdi, Declaration of Independence, Freedom of Speech, Patriot Act, Anwar Al Awlaki, Human Rights, Jose Padilla, Enhanced Interrogations, Japanese, Constitution, World War II, Politics News

We talk about rights to privacy regularly but few people can point to what exactly those rights are. More importantly, what guarantees those rights? What guarantees us that our rights will not be infringed upon? The answer is... nothing!

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10 Bizarre Facts You Didn't Know About The Signers Of The U.S. Constitution

Denise Kiernan | Posted 11.08.2011

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We've been obsessed with signers of all stripes for number of years now. The men of 1787 may have yearned to form a more perfect union, but they were far from perfect themselves.

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Beyond 9/11: The Global Declaration of Interdependence

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Declaration of Independence, 9/11, Politics, Special Interest Groups, Democrats, World, Republicans, Decade After 9/11 - Viewpoints, September 11 Anniversary, Decade After 9/11 - Coping, World News

We can't get much done by ourselves and so we need to find a way to work together. United we may not succeed, given what humankind had done to the planet, but divided we will most certainly fail.

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Time for the Afghans to Declare Independence

Michael Hughes | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Hamid Karzai, Islam, Pakistan, United Nations, Afghanistan, King Zahir Shah, Taliban, Un, Cold War, Karzai, World News

Afghans must smash and rewrite the dangerous narrative that has so enslaved them over the years by looking to their past and reinstituting sacred tribal institutions to establish a sovereignty based on the true will of the Afghan people.

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The Importance Of Social Trust

Brad Reid | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Social Trust, The Other, Sacred Honor, Personal Integrity, Scripture Commentary, Religious Tolerance, Embracing the Other, Loving Your Enemies, The Golden Rule, Religion News

Modern mobility and increasing individualism inevitably make us strangers. Nevertheless, social trust is essential to a cohesive society.

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The Obligations of Independence

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Democracy, China, America, Declaration of Independence, Democracy Movements, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, World News

Reposted with acknowledgement to WagingNonviolence.org. "Please use your liberty to promote ours." -- Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma's National L...

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