Showing posts with label irrational fear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label irrational fear. Show all posts
Saturday, October 30, 2004

Don't Panic - Suicide Bombers, Anthrax and Other Fears of Modern Life

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[[I wrote this in the fall of 2001, for obvious reasons, and want to republish it here because I think it's a useful essay to consider j...
Saturday, May 15, 2004

Well, the Smoking Gun Has Been Found - Rumsfeld SANCTIONED the Abuse of Iraqi Prisoners

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Given Bush/Cheney's hypocrisy...errhh "loyalty" (towards their cronies, not towards the Constitution or the American public), ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Some More Thoughts on the March for Women's Lives

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On assorted boards in us.imdb.com, some of the anti-choice folks have decided to decry any actor or actress who dares to be publicly pro-cho...
Tuesday, March 30, 2004

When Will Lady Liberty Reopen?

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September 11 was over two and a half years ago. The main architectural symbol of our country's liberty, the Statue of Liberty, remains ...
Saturday, April 26, 2003

A Letter to the Editor that Wasn't Published

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Back in early March, Jim wrote a very good letter to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on the history of US-France relations. Unfortunately, at ...
Thursday, April 24, 2003

A Letter to the Log Cabin Republicans

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[[When I get on a roll...]] Dear folks, I cannot comprehend a greater oxymoron in this day than "gay" and "Republican." ...
Saturday, February 01, 2003

Bad Day...

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I always remember where I was when I hear really awful news. I was watching TV a January night in the '60s when the news broke in with a...
Saturday, October 26, 2002

Safety, Again

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Well, I was in Silver Spring, MD during the recent sniper episode and arrived home alive. So did my husband. So did all of our friends. Or...
Wednesday, October 02, 2002

Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein

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So what do they have in common? Both have a penchant for wearing military uniforms and growing facial hair. Both are absolute dictators over...