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Whether it's John Roberts justifying his gutting of the Voting Rights Act or the Right Wing zealots spiking the football on Trayvon Martin's grave, the refrain we hear from those who aid and exhibit racism in our nation is, "I don't see any racism."

There is no question that the right wingers are engaged in a war against women. Their guns have been fitted with silencers, passing legislation...

"For years we've courted the public on passing anti-abortion laws and they spurned us. We've grown so frustrated that the way we felt on these issues wasn't being returned, we had to do something about it or we'd burst so we just grabbed the best looking bills we could find and thrust our legislation into them."

Our legal system has become so arcane and complex, with well intentioned rules and protocol intended to shepherd a decision towards the truth. However, just like our politics, it has also become just another game to manipulate and win, not a genuine search for truth and an application of justice.

Turmoil in Egypt once again. The Fundie assault on abortion is heating up. Snowden is still evading the NSA, racism is alive and well,...

Well we've just had a major victory for equal rights and a disappointing loss for civil rights. Our schizophrenic Supreme Court has descended once...

The Hollow Men Triumphant?

The marriage of the white power structure in the South with greed-obsessed businesspeople has borne such "children". In both cases, there is the mentality of the elitist, those who believe not only that they are superior because they are white and male but that this also entitles them to all that they want for themselves, especially when it comes to money and power.

Year after year, decade after decade, wars march on. As Creedence Clearwater once said so wonderously, Who'll Stop the Rain? With our nation poised...

Broad surveillance of a nation may or may not reduce attacks or be worth the sacrifice but it must be kept in mind what kind of nation it is that we're intent on protecting and if we are pulling out the supporting beams of our home to build a barricade around it.