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By Tony Coyle on August 19th, 2009

Stop Discriminating against Sick People!

Stop Discriminating against Sick People!

Jonathon Alter was a guest on “the Ed Show” tonight on MSNBC. In a noisy debate with Ed, he said that the goal of healthcare reform should be “to end discrimination against sick people”. He said that the path to reform was largely irrelevant. That whether or not there was a public option was largely irrelevant. That healthcare reform is a civil rights issue, and that reform had nothing to do with the mechanics of that reform.

To be clear, Mr Alter stated that he was personally very much for a public option. But he was also very clear that regardless of the public option, this reform needed to pass.

I agree with Jonathon. Discrimination against sick people must stop. Discrimination against people with ‘pre-conditions’ must stop. Discrimination against people, must stop.

It’s time to act. Call your congressman. Enact healthcare reform.

Civil Rights • Current Events • Health • Politics
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By Mindy Carney on February 09th, 2008

The Kirkwood shooter and a challenge to investigative journalists

It’s easy to call Cookie Thorton a madman. No one in his or her right mind would walk into a civilized city council meeting and open fire - we can all agree on that. But by writing this week’s shooting in Kirkwood off as the aberrant act of a crazed mind, we are [...]

American Culture • Bigotry • Civil Rights • Communication • Current Events • law and order
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By Erich Vieth on January 14th, 2008

Say what?

I just found another interesting article at the U.N. Observer. It reports on the recent dismissal of a suit for damages filed by prisoners being held at Guantanamo:
In a 43-page opinion, Circuit Judge Karen Lecraft Henderson found that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a statute that applies by its terms to all “persons” did not [...]

Civil Rights • Law • Uncategorized
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By Mark Tiedemann on January 07th, 2008

Incident On A Parking Lot

Personal anecdote time.
Yesterday (Sunday) we went shopping.  We stopped at Office Depot to buy a new chair.  As we approached the entrance, I spotted a friend of ours and called her name.  We gathered outside the entrance to chat.
As we talked, a man approached us, begged our pardon, and asked for a personal opinion.
“Do any [...]

American Culture • Censorship • Civil Rights • Culture • Politics • Religion
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By Mark Tiedemann on December 27th, 2007

Hope’s Glimmer Dies Again

Bhutto is dead.
One tries to be understanding, patient, tries to embrace the tolerance so thoroughly rejected by those who condemn out of hand, with no chance for counterargument, the possibility of dialogue.  Comes a point where one has to simply acknowledge that some people, in some places, just don’t share anything in common with us.
We [...]

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By Erich Vieth on December 09th, 2007

Force the GOP candidates to answer whether they support freely available birth control.

Here’s how Christina Page addresses this question:

98 percent of American women have done it.
37 million Americans are currently doing it.
Most of the GOP candidates oppose it.
What is it?

“It” is using birth control.   The GOP candidates have made it clear that they oppose the right of women to choose abortions.
The GOP candidates have not yet been [...]

Civil Rights • Politics • Reproductive Rights • Sex
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Manger Arbitration
By Mark Tiedemann on November 29th, 2007

Manger Arbitration

It’s that time of year again, when we gear up for the rewards (or disappointments) promised in our celebrations of the Yule Season. Christmas Time! Days of saccharine movies, maudlin songs, a hope for fluffy white snowfall that is somehow miraculously easy to drive through and falls only on grassy areas, and the group psych-up [...]

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By Mark Tiedemann on November 28th, 2007

The Devil In Memphis

I received the following from a friend of mine, who sent it to his local paper as well. I’ve asked his permission to post it here, in its entirety. It concerns an issue which, while we may hope represents an unfortunate part of our history long outgrown, still rears its viperous and virulent [...]

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By Mark Tiedemann on November 21st, 2007

Of Values And Victims

Listening to a talk show at work yesterday, I heard some fall-out from the recent suicide of the young girl who had been “duped” on MySpace.  When I first learned of this tragedy, I ran through a series of thoughts about the dangers posed by the interfaces we use these days, which put us often [...]

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By Dan Klarmann on November 19th, 2007

Should Demonstrably Intentional Internet Disinformation be Criminalized?

Okay, perhaps I’m being a bit harsh. But I found some videos on YouTube purporting to show simple homemade tricks for getting power from essentially nothing. The culprit calls himself HouseholdHacker These are very slickly directed and composed, very amateur-looking videos, full of straight-faced monologue and how-to demonstrations, illustrating nothing real.
Sure, the videos seem to [...]

Censorship • Civil Rights • Communication • Education • Law • Science
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More than 2,000 Active duty soldiers stick out their necks to protest Iraq occupation
By Erich Vieth on November 18th, 2007

More than 2,000 Active duty soldiers stick out their necks to protest Iraq occupation

It is amazing to me that so many active duty members of the military would risk repercussions by taking a strong position contrary to the President.   The effort has been organized by Appeal for Redress. 
Many active duty, reserve, and guard service members are concerned about the war in Iraq and support the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The [...]

Civil Rights • Communication • War
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By Erich Vieth on November 09th, 2007

And now there’s a war on photography too.

I’m in Washington DC for a conference this week. During a break, I took some photos, though I was hesitant to take any photos that included security (and Washington DC security is everywhere). Based on a blog called War on Photography, my paranoia might have been justified.
The behavior reported in War on Photography reminds me of [...]

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By Mark Tiedemann on October 25th, 2007

What’s Worse?

Here’s a heartwarming story  about some of the insanity that followed in the wake of 9/11.  We see this kind of thing all the time, in the news, on tv shows, in movies.  A mistake compounded into tragedy by the utter fear and panic induced under extreme conditions.  One could almost forgive the FBI for [...]

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