Author Archives: Arlen Grossman

Kucinich: What Really Happened at Kent State?

Questions Remain 42 Years After Kent State Shootings by Dennis Kucinich/ Truthdig/ May 4, 2012 Forty-two years ago on May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd of unarmed students at Kent State University, … Continue reading →

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9/11 Explained–Now Move Along, Please

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When Will We Ever Learn?

BPR Quote of the Day “Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.”  D.H. Lawrence  Studies in Classic American Literature, … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Blue Sky

This song by Roger Waters is from Pink Floyd’s 1979 double album, “The Wall.”

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No Justice From the Justice Dept.

Wall Street Has No Worries – Obama and Holder Are Shooting Blanks by Arlen Grossman “Why Can’t Obama Bring Wall Street to Justice?” ask Peter Boyer and Peter Schweizer in Newsweek this week. It’s a question a lot of Americans are … Continue reading →

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Unconventional Thinking

BPR Quote of the Day “One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere … Continue reading →

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It’s Cold and Dark Out There……

Political Iceberg Ahead: The Big Money That Is Sinking Democracy by Danny Schechter/ Huffington Post/ May 7, 2012 I keep thinking of that clear April night 100 years ago when the unsinkable HMS Titanic steamed towards New York. It was … Continue reading →

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I Have a Dream…..

Justices Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito and Kennedy might not agree……

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Mark Twain: His Thoughts On War

BPR Quote of the Day “We lost fifteen men killed outright. ..The enemy numbered six hundred, including women and children — and we abolished them utterly, leaving not even a baby alive to cry for its dead mother. This is … Continue reading →

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You Couldn’t Take Away Our Freedom, bin Laden….That’s Our Job

The War on Terror and its various civil liberties assaults have escalated, not been reversed or even slowed down By Glenn Greenwald/ Salon.com/ May 1, 2012 In the wake of Osama bin Laden’s summary execution one year ago, many predicted … Continue reading →

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