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Gerrymandering: We are given reason to hope

OK, the Supreme Court Gill decision would have sunk me into the earth if I weren’t already there, given all the horrors surrounding us nowadays. And I was so, so crossing all my fingers and toes that Kennedy would determine … Continue reading

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My favorite FF, Tom Paine: what he wrote will give you shivers

I thank Harvey Kaye, writing on BillMoyers.com for quoting my BFF, Tom, as he did in today’s essay, “Let Them Call Us Rebels.” I started reading Paine in 2004, just after Bush won re-election and I was bouncing off the … Continue reading

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