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Notes from a Free Clinic

May 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It is Monday. Nurses clinic today. Even without a physician, it is busy. Many people come by wanting prescription refills for their bottles that have been empty for days, maybe months. We have to turn them away. Come back tomorrow, the doctor will be here tomorrow. Some people check in for something as simple as […]

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Tags: 2008 · AP Issues · Commentary · June

I’m a Recovering White Supremacist

May 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

“Liberation, Liberation, Liberation!” shouted the audience and welcoming speaker. More than a thousand people from across the United States came together for the 9th annual White Privilege Conference in Springfield, Massachusetts from April 2 – 5. It was a four-day conference filled with workshops dedicated to understanding white privilege.
“More and more the White Privilege Conference […]

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Tags: 2008 · AP Issues · Commentary · June

Outraged?

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Sue Dinsdale is an anti-war activist from Huxley and the Iowa director of the Iraq Campaign. Locally, the campaign is putting pressure on Congressman Tom Latham and Senator Charles Grassley, both Republicans, to change their positions on the war. To learn more go to www.noiraqescalation.org.
out rage (out’r¨¡j’) n.
American Heritage Dictionary
1.An […]

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Tags: 2007 · AP Issues · Commentary · December

The Greatest Social Experiment Ever Known to Man

October 14th, 2007 · No Comments

I and many others have had the privilege of being born in one of the greatest social experiments ever known to man: The United States of America.
It is our responsibility to take the legacy handed down by our forebears, guard it, and then pass it on to other generations.
I see our liberties being watered down […]

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Tags: 2007 · AP Issues · Commentary · September