A National Day of Atonement

One indication of moral progress in the United States would be the replacement of Thanksgiving Day and its self-indulgent family feasting with a National Day of Atonement accompanied by a self-reflective collective fasting.

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The War Didn't Go Wrong; It's Always Been Wrong

This week began with the New York Times noting that "all of Washington is consumed with debate over the direction of the war in Iraq." The debate -- long overdue -- is a serious blow to the war makers in Washington, but the U.S. war effort will go on for years more unless the antiwar movement gains sufficient momentum to stop it.

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The Nature of The Beast

Humanity has slipped into the grip of an alien and alienating force. It is no exaggeration to describe this force as a phantom. It has no mass, no shape or color, or no basis in tangible reality. It is located in the abstract.  This entity is more powerful and potentially horrific than anything that has been manufactured in the imaginations of fiction writers.

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Celebrate Un-Thanksgiving

Until the federal penitentiary was closed in 1963, Alcatraz Island was a place most folks tried to leave. On Nov. 20, 1969, the island's image underwent a drastic makeover. That was the day thousands of American Indians began an occupation that would last until June 11, 1971.

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