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Remember the Maine Elections

Michael Roth | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Maine Elections, Justice, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Equal Rights, Gay Rights, Politics News
Michael Roth

On Election Day the voters of Maine decreed that two of my friends shouldn't be able to save the date, plan the meals, hire the band, and join with family and friends in affirming their commitment.

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Assassinations, Peace and State Violence in India and Pakistan

Abdul Malik Mujahid | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Sikh, India, Punjab, Indira Gandhi, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Truth Commission, Akal Takht, Taliban, Forgiveness, Modi, Hindu, Amritsar, Military, Naxalites, Security, Muslim, Justice, Gujarat, Reconciliation, World News
Abdul Malik Mujahid

As Indians mark the death anniversary of Indira Gandhi, Sikhs renew their call for justice, and Pakistan bleeds with terrorism, it is important to reflect on justice, reconciliation and forgiveness.

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A Day for A Day

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rouge Judges, Judges on the Take, Justice, Judges, Juvenile Justice, Wilkes-Barre, Politics News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

A couple of rouge judges in Wilkes-Barre, in the Northeast part of the state, destroyed the lives of thousands of young people because the judges were on the take.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Lars von Trier's Antichrist: A Conversation

Dan Persons | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Violence, Earth, Justice, Repression, World, Murder, Horror, Emotion, Lars Von Trier, Sex, Drama, Suspense, Controversy, Death, Indie, Environment, Gore, Antichrist, Acting Legend, Fantasy, Off Beat, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe, Art, Love, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

"Lars von Trier isn't going to talk to a lot of press." Yeah, yeah; yadda-yadda. But just because he isn't talking to us doesn't mean we can't talk about him, particularly about his childhood.

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Holder's Baby Step On Medical Marijuana

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2835, Necessity, Medical Necessity, President Obama, Glaucoma, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Dea, Doj, Raid, Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, Medical, Medical Marijuana, Obama, War on Drugs, Injustice, Drug, Eric Holder, California, Drug Enforcement Agency, Gonzales v Raich, Federal Prosecutor, Schedule I, Schedule, Ed Rosenthal, Marinol, Schedule II, Medical Use, US v Rosenthal, Drug War, Department of Justice, Justice, Federal Attorney, Oakland, Gag Rule, Federal, Attorney General, Necessity Defense, US v OCBC, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Holder, Controlled Substances Act, Ag, Cannabis, Chris Weigant, Ashcroft v Raich, hr2835, Drug Policy, Medical Necessity Defense, Raich, Ocbc, Rosenthal, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.

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Engaging The World: How One Woman Said 'I Do' To Change

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 10.14.2009 | Impact

Read More: Philanthropy, Ring, Justice, Peace, Nepal, Impact News
Subhash Ghimire

At 34 years old, many women would be trying to get an engagement ring, not give one away. But when Christina Ammon inherited a 3.21 ct diamond ring fr...

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Nobel Encouragement

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Earth, President Obama, Dignity, Pundits, Nobel Peace Prize, Planet, Justice, Peace, Barack Obama, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

Life on Earth will survive because of the visions of humans like Barack Obama. If you'd rather just complain, that's your right, but get out of the way while the rest of us get it done.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: The Underdog Bites Back: Tom Hooper on The Damned United

Dan Persons | Posted 10.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Brian Clough, Justice, Frost/Nixon, Emotion, Don Revie, Drama, Jim Broadbent, Controversy, Peter Morgan, Indie, Derby County, Success, Comedy, Michael Sheen, HBO John Adams, Timothy Spall, Acting Legend, Colm Meaney, Gritty, John Adams, British, Sports, Tom Hooper, The Queen, David Peace, Soccer, Leeds United, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

I've got nothing against sports films that exult in good sportsmanship and the triumph of the underdog. But I'm more inclined towards films like The Damned United that scrape past the noble veneer of sports.

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Poo Poo on Putting Polanski in Prison

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Roman Polanski Arrest, Law Enforcement, Justice, Prison, Polanski, Roman Polanski, Extradition, Entertainment News
Danielle Cavallucci

Wouldn't it serve the interests of justice and the American people more to devote the monies intended to be wasted on this sensational situation to solving real and pervasive problems?

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Hard Questions In Hard Times

Jim Selman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Citizenship, Public Lectures, Environmental, Michael Sandel, Opposition, Defense, Conflict, Pbs, Ethics, Moral Relativism, Justice, Teaching, Conscious-Choice, The Inner Life, Living News
Jim Selman

Eldering, as a way of thinking about mid-life leadership, is based on the notion 'wisdom in action.' Our vision is for the Boomer generation to take responsibility for our society and our world and "clean up the mess" before we die.

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6 Supreme Court Justices Attend Catholic Service Red Mass; Cardinal Pleads For Rights Of Unborn

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Michael Steele, Red Mass, Supreme Court, Scalia, Justice, Ray Lahood, Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Antonin Scalia, St. Matthew Cathedral, Pro-Life, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Breyer, Biden, Cardinal DiNardo, Catholicism, Stephen Breyer, Abortion, John Carroll Society, Anti-Abortion, Sonia Sotomayor, Pro-Choice, Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Ken Salazar, Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Anthony Kennedy, D.C., Catholic, Home News

WASHINGTON — An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at a church service that included Vice President Joe Bide...

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We Are All Polanski's Victims, and We All Deserve Justice

Jaclyn Friedman | Posted 10.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rape, Crime, Washington Post, Department of Justice, Justice, Batman, Roman Polanski, Whoopi Goldberg, Gender, Entertainment News
Jaclyn Friedman

In the confused minds of many, Polanski is a real-life Batman, a flawed anti-hero living outside the law because that's the only way he can truly overcome his tortured history.

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U2's Music and Mission and My Kid's First Rock Concert

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fedex, Social Justice, Washington, Music, Campaign, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Power, Desmond Tutu, Aung San Suu Kyi, Rock Band, President Bush, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Justice, Love, Human Rights, Democracy, Africa, Activism, Politics, Willie Williams, 360, Aung San Suu, Myanmar, Amazing Grace, Teenager, Burma, U2, U2 Tour, Beautiful Day, Singing, Partisan Politics, D.C., Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News
Jim Wallis

What I love about a U2 concert, headlined by the Irish tenor with the sunglasses, is how it achieves such a powerful combination of art and social justice, music and message; and all with such fun.

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Supreme Court's New Season: Looking Ahead

Wall Street Journal | JESS BRAVIN | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mojave Desert, Supreme Court, Scalia, Cases, Justice, What to Expect, Alito, Kennedy, Looking Ahead, John Roberts, Dog Fighting, 2009, U.S. Supreme Court, Predictions, Stevens, WWI Memorial, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court's New Season, Thomas, Rulings, Cross, Docket, Justices, Ginsburg, Politics News

Questions before the Supreme Court, which begins its new term Monday, include corporate political spending, dog-fighting videos, a cross in the desert...

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How Would You Decide? -- Keeping Me Honest

Jim Lichtman | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Susan Atkins, Tenzin N. Taklha, The Dalai Lama, Michele Kane, Ethics, The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Justice, Terry Thornton, James Whitehouse, Compassion, Living News
Jim Lichtman

I do not want to create the false impression that compassion was the sole criteria parole commissioners faced during former Manson Family member Susan Atkins' 2009 hearing.

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MacArthur Genius Award-Winners: Foundation Awards Grants

AP | By DON BABWIN | Posted 09.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Social Justice, Sciences Health, Arts, Science, MacArthur Genius Award, Justice, Journalism, MacArthur Grants, Home News

CHICAGO (AP)-- A newspaper reporter who refuses to forget decades-old murders and a law professor trying to get people to forget the way they think ab...

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What!? Racism Still in America?

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, President Obama, Voting, Racial Equality, Head of State, Racial, Black, White America, Civil Rights, Republican, African-American, Citizens, Conservative, Martyr, Inauguration, Justice, Health Care, Equality, Lying, Conservative Friends, Politics, Racist, Congress, Health, United States, First Black President, President of the United States, Minority Race, Race, Racism, Apologies, White, Disagreements, Party, Ethnicity, Rhetoric, Politics News
Jim Wallis

I see racial sub-texts in the intensity of the attacks on Obama -- not in the disagreements per se, but in the viciousness of the rhetoric.

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A New Number for a New Era: From 9/11 to 350

Billy Parish | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Fear, Solar, 350.Org, Bush, Hope, Terrorism, Wind, Green, 9/11, Vanjones, Clean Energy, Iraqwar, Glenn, 350, Beck, Glennbeck, Afghanistan, Jones, Justice, Iraq, Color of Change, Van, Green News
Billy Parish

Until we change our lifestyle, the Earth will remain in the danger zone. There is still time to bring carbon dioxide levels back down, but it's going to take a major transformation in how we think and act.

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Obama's Health Care Speech: Hope Over Fear

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, System, Social Justice, Debate, Economic Crisis, Abortions, Politics, Kennedy, Social Transformation, Moral Principle, Community, Democrat, Reform, Congress, Democrats, Ted Kennedy, America, Republican, Moral Issues, Abortion, Hope, Members of Congress, Faith Community, Change, Health Insurance, Republicans, Justice, Health Care, Policy Arguments, Politics News
Jim Wallis

In his speech last evening, Obama made the commitments that a broad coalition in the faith community had asked for -- reform as a moral issue, affordable coverage for all, and no federal funding of abortion.

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Political Trials and Crimes Against Reality

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Burma, Robert Amsterdam, Rule of Law, International Law, Democracy, Iran, Due Process, Detainees, Aung San Suu Kyi, Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, Human Rights, Courts, Political Prisoners, Justice, Asia, Yevgeny Zhovtis, China, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, World News
Robert Amsterdam

It's a crime against reality for us to carry on pretending that countries like Kazakhstan can hold fair trials.

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How Would You Decide? -- Part II

Jim Lichtman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Susan Atkins, Living News, What Do You Stand For?, The Golden Rule, Peter Westbrook, Sharon Tate, Ethics, Charles Manson, Immanuel Kant, Justice, Compassion, Michael Josephson, Living News
Jim Lichtman

I asked readers to imagine sitting on the California parole board to decide whether to grant convicted murderer Susan Atkins "compassionate release" based on her terminally ill condition.

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How Would You Decide?

Jim Lichtman | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Susan Atkins, Gandhi, Dalai Lama, Ethics, Charles Manson, Forgiveness, Justice, Compassion, California, Manson Family, Sharon Tate, Parole Board, Living News
Jim Lichtman

Isn't it up to God to forgive the truly horrible, like members of the Manson Family? Should we forgive all mass-murderers? Must we go that far?

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What Is Justice for Lockerbie?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Abdelbaset Ali Al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Gordon Brown, Libya, Jon Corzine, Qaddafi, Scotland, Hillary Clinton, World News, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

As bystanders to tragedies like the Lockerbie disaster, you and I have no moral weight; we are outsiders. But we aren't outsiders in our own lives, where we face moral choices just as tangled.

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Doubt and the Death Penalty

Cyrus Vance | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conviction Integrity Unit, Beyond Reasonable Doubt, Cameron Todd Willingham, Manhattan District Attorney, Criminal Court, Willingham, Wrongful Conviction, Death Penalty, Repeat Offenders, Arson, Justice, Politics News
Cyrus Vance

Victims of crime deserve justice. Those who commit crimes must be held accountable for their actions. But just as we prosecute, we also must safeguard the rights of the innocent.

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If a Tree Falls in the Forest, is it Alright to Torture?

Gwen Davis | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Cheney, Torture, Politics News
Gwen Davis

This latest revelation of the horrors endorsed and probably conceived by that administration is insupportable, once digested.

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