Sep 30 2009
Lies My Teacher Told Me
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When students are asked what their least favorite subject in school is, they overwhelmingly say history. History classes tend to have the greatest percentage of semi-conscious students. Is that because history is just inherently boring? Historian and history-book critic James Loewen says no. After studying a dozen high school history textbooks, …
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Sep 30 2009
“History, despite its wrenching pain,
Cannot be unlived, and if faced
With courage, need not be lived again.” — Maya Angelou …
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Sep 29 2009
“There is more logic in humor than in anything else because humor is truth.” — Victor Borges …
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Sep 29 2009
George Carlin – It’s Bad for Ya
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More than one year ago on June 22, 2008, one of the greatest and most influential stand-up comedians of all time, died. George Dennis Patrick Carlin was 71 years old – he was struck by heart failure just one month after he performed his 14th and final HBO special, just …
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Sep 28 2009
The Living Dead
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President Obama was recently asked by a world leader at the G 20 summit why in the course of the healthcare debate were some Americans depicting him as Hitler. The specter of facism and Nazi ideology conflated with the idea of socialism and hence government-run healthcare is a common thread in the talking …
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Sep 28 2009
“A country without a memory, is a country of madmen.” — George Santayana …
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Sep 25 2009
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This week on Uprising:
* Gar Alperovitz: America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy
* Mike Davis: Budget Cuts, Tuition Hikes, Spark Statewide Walkouts of UC Campuses
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Sep 25 2009
There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community and communication — John Dewey …
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Sep 25 2009
The Political Mind: A Cognitive Scientist’s Guide to Your Brain and Its Politics
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As President Obama continues to push for reform of the nation’s health care system, right-wing resistance has encapsulated itself in emotionally charged, yet simple phrases. “Death panels,” “socialism,” and “government takeover,” are immediately recognizable and updated additions to today’s lexicon of conservatism. Obama, …
Sep 24 2009
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” — Maria Robinson …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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