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The 1960s can inspire us today because as well as being a period of change, the decade was characterized by hope and optimism. We need hope.

The 9/11 attacks were a surprise. The response wasn’t.

Or how the American century ends...

Fifty years later, Congress and the nation are again debating a major boost in government support for families with children.

Get rid of those broomsticks left leaning folks. They'll soon be coming after us!

Our world, I am thinking, is no longer a real one. It has become a surreal world, a world of irreality, ever since Donald Trump was elected President.

The report follows decades of anguish and anger as indigenous communities have called for greater attention to the epidemic of dead and missing indigenous women, girls and two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual people.

"With our throwaway lifestyles, we are fueling climate change, pollution and the destruction of people’s homes and irreplaceable natural wonders. MAKE SMTHNG Week offers a fun and creative way out of this wasteful consumerism."

Did the Times piece weaponize Jewish grief?

In the most extreme form of capitalism taxes do not exist. This is called "anarcho-capitalism." Among all corporations, Amazon may be the leading advocate of this philosophy.