Opinion Forum

Obama Takes A Stand on Libya

February 25th, 2011

By Nancy Morgan Obama has finally taken a stand on the ongoing carnage in Libya. After nine days of silence, he has finally, and forcefully, condemned the “outrageous” crackdown by Libyan security forces on protesters. He also said that a unified international response was forming. Whew. Translation: America will stand firmly behind the United Nations. […]

Articles written by Nancy Morgan
Tags: foreign policy, Gadhafi, Libya, protests, revolution, Saudi Arabia, UN
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I Want To Join A Union

February 21st, 2011

By Nancy Morgan Until I saw the thousands of loyal union members expressing solidarity by their courageous protests in Wisconsin, I had no idea of the great perks union membership entailed. Now that I do, I want in. And not just any union — I want to join either a teacher’s union or the government […]

Articles written by Nancy Morgan
Tags: compensation, health care, political, protests, teachers, unions, Wisconsin
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Egypt’s Path to Peace

February 16th, 2011

By Jan Barry Not since the ancient Israelites slipped out on the Pharaoh in a famous dash through the Red Sea has a mass movement of people in that corner of the world so confounded the powers that be. “The young Egyptian protesters who overthrew the Mubarak regime on Saturday have accomplished what two generations […]

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Tags: democracy, Egypt, internet, islamist, peace, protests, revolution, violence
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Newsflash – Obama (Almost) Saves The World!

February 3rd, 2011

By Nancy Morgan According to media reports, President Obama (almost) resolved the spiraling Egyptian crisis in one “private message” to Hosni Mubarak. “Mubarak Promise Comes After Private Obama Message,” AP reports. President Obama is firmly in charge and appears to finally be calling the shots. In a bold, presidential moment, Obama said Tuesday evening that […]

Articles written by Nancy Morgan
Tags: Cairo, courage, credit, Egypt, leadership, Mubarak, Obama, protests
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What To Do with Gay Birds?

December 1st, 2010

By Tom Carter The birds are two Griffon vultures who until just recently lived together in a zoo in Munster, Germany. Now, in Texas we would call these things “buzzards.” They’re big birds with wide wingspans, they circle around all day looking for something dead, then they fly down and eat the corpse. Buzzards. Far […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: birds, buzzard, gay, gay rights, Griffon vulture, homosexual, protests, zoo
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