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The Daily Planet, Vol. 151

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - October 17, 2011 1

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, October 17, 2011

The One Percent: Who Are They? What Do They Do? How Much Do They Have?

Speakers' Corner MurphTheSurf3 - October 16, 2011 20

“Though diverse in many ways what the One Percents have in common is the extraordinary amount of the nation’s wealth they control.”

The greatest sporting event you’ve never heard of — the Rugby World Cup

Speakers' Corner Haruko Haruhara - October 15, 2011 10

The biggest sporting event in the world is probably the Olympics. The next biggest is the FIFA World Cup. The next biggest is something...

Born This Way?

Speakers' Corner Caru - October 14, 2011 21

Stating that gay people were born with their orientation seems like the perfect counter to the conservative argument that being gay is a choice, but this life-affirming rebuttal opens the door to other attacks.

The Daily Planet, Vol. 150

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - October 14, 2011 5

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, October 14, 2011

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Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - October 13, 2011 4

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, October 13, 2011

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Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - October 12, 2011 11

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Daily Planet, Vol. 147

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - October 11, 2011 12

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, October 11, 2011

A Brief History of Islam, Part 1: Pre-Islamic Arabia – The Death of the Prophet

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - October 9, 2011 5

لا إله إلا الله ، وأن محمدا رسول الله.( There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.) ~Sunni Shahada The Arab...

Occupy Wall Street Could Be a Seminal Moment … Or It Couldn’t

Speakers' Corner Marion - October 7, 2011 58

When the London (and other English cities)riots rampaged earlier this year, I read with droll amusement, the armchair activist quarterbacks' wistful comments in Huffington Post...

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