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Trimming the Legislature

Speakers' Corner invient - June 7, 2011 8

I believe that socialism is the only system that we may subjugate ourselves to and still be able to call ourselves human and that society will slowly evolve into socialism, followed by the C-word, which I still have an unnatural reflex to.

A Poem by Eavan Boland

Speakers' Corner Caru - June 7, 2011 15

As my exams draw closer and closer, I find myself staring closer and closer at the contents of the various textbooks that lay strewn...

The Daily Planet, Vol. 94

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - June 7, 2011 19

All the non-Anthony Weiner news and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Daily Planet, Vol. 93

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - June 6, 2011 16

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, June 6, 2011

Pontificating on Pundits

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - June 5, 2011 8

I never wanted to be a pundit. ~Robert MacNeil Let's get this out of the way early. Almost all of us dislike punditry for various reasons....

Transcript Theater: Tea Party Meeting, March 2011

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - June 4, 2011 6

Congresswoman Bachmann: Well, it is just great to see our leadership here today. We've really got some interesting and luminating topics to discuss. Sarah Palin:...

GOD: A Biography

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - June 4, 2011 55

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. ~Revelation 22:13 All that is in heaven and earth...

The Future of America

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - June 4, 2011 2

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as...

The Daily Planet, Vol.92

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - June 4, 2011 36

(Just a little) News and opinion from around US-opolis for Saturday, June 4, 2011

The Daily Planet, Vol. 91

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - June 3, 2011 1

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, June 3, 2011

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