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MOORE’S SICKO IS EFFECTIVE CINEMA

publishers — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:52:07 +0000

by Paul Butler Michael Moore in "Sicko" Michael Moore’s latest, and much praised, documentary feature Sicko proves that the iconographic filmmaker really does listen to his critics. As the anti-Moore websites will attest, Moore is seriously disliked by many Americans of the political right. The general suspicion spills over to the mainstream, which...

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WRITING WITH SCOLIOSIS

publishers — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:48:33 +0000

by Aurelie Sheehan This year I published my second novel, a story about a girl with scoliosis. History Lesson for Girls is not an autobiography, but the scoliosis aspect of the story is inspired by my own experience. I was diagnosed with a curvature of the spine when I was eleven, and wore the Milwaukee brace from then until I was thirteen. Do people need to suffer...

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THE KEY TO REAL CHOICES

publishers — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:40:13 +0000

by Bud Harris In the practical world I grew up in, sexuality and spirituality were not considered poetically. The logic of aiming for a successful life left little room for passion and visions. Practically from the moment I was born, I was urged to join society’s routines that would march me through life. The ancient mythologies and rituals that had once made sexuality and spirituality...

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THE SOCIAL EDGE INTERVIEW: AUTHOR CURTISS PAUL DEYOUNG

publishers — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:00:37 +0000

by Gerry McCarthy Curtiss Paul DeYoung is a Professor of Reconciliation at Bethel University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. An ordained minister, he has served at congregations in Washington DC and New York City. De Young is a long-time activist who worked at the Covenant House Times Square for homeless and runaway youth in New York City. He is the author of numerous...

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THE SOCIAL EDGE INTERVIEW: MISSIONARY AND ACTIVIST FR. ROY BOURGEOIS

publishers — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:59:08 +0000

by Nicole Sault Fr. Roy Bourgeois at Ft. Benning Fr. Roy Bourgeois is a Maryknoll missionary who became an activist for peace after witnessing the violence committed in Latin America by graduates trained in torture and repression at the U.S. Army School of the Americas in Ft. Benning, Georgia. In response he founded SOA Watch to document the atrocities, educate the public, and organize a...

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THE ANTI-POVERTY CANDIDATE

publishers — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:05:15 +0000

Editorial When Senator John Edwards launched his U.S. Presidential bid last December, he made the announcement in the backyard of Orelia Tyler’s flood-ravaged home in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. "We need to ask Americans to be patriotic about something beyond war," he said. Since his announcement, the centrepiece of Edwards’ campaign has been...

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THE HILLARY ENIGMA

publishers — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:59:34 +0000

Editorial Earlier this month, Senator Hillary Clinton spoke to a small gathering at Hostos Community College in New York City. "Many Americans are nervous about their own lives," she said. "For many people, they’re being encouraged to think that their problems are due to immigrants. But really their problem is they’re in an economy that isn’t working for...

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CHANGING OUR HABITS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

publishers — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:57:54 +0000

Editorial by Robyn Lee California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently visited Canada to encourage –among other things– more urgent government action against global warming than Ottawa’s "timid" climate change plan. Governor Schwarzenegger’s point is well taken. It’s the Harper government’s timidity on environmental...

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BEYOND FALL/REDEMPTION: THE NEW STORY

publishers — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:53:45 +0000

by Ted Schmidt To preserve the natural world as the primary revelation of the divine must be the basic concern of religion. Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion, to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Albert Einstein Contemporary atonement ideas have succeeded primarily in turning God...

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OUR COMMON GROUND

publishers — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:52:20 +0000

by Mark Klempner While the violence and intolerance in the world seems to be spinning out of control, I am fortified by the peace and harmony to be found in our little Costa Rican village. Not that it’s paradise here, but the kind of things that go on are definitely chicken soup for my CNN-besotted soul. When we first moved into our current house in Costa...

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