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Does This Picture Prove That Romney Is "Out of Touch" Or That Some Liberals Are Hypocrites?

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:06:22 PST

First it made the rounds in social media. Now it is plastered on the website for MoveOn.org. It is a picture that seems to show Mitt Romney getting his shoes shined on an airport tarmac,...

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Washington Times: Possibly "Illiterate" Obama Used "Naked Thuggery" to "Rape" the Constitution Like A "Suicide Bomber"

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:58:50 PST

The title of this post is not inspired by a satirical article in The Onion. Instead, it describes an op-ed written by Charles Hurt, a columnist for the Washington Times, a conservative...

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Greenwald Gets It Wrong on Progressives and War

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:23:56 PST

Glenn Greenwald has been writing a series of articles that criticize the Obama administration for endorsing recent legislation that codifies the indefinite detention of enemy combatants under...

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Dear Washington Post: Ron Paul Is NOT a Champion of Civil Liberty (Updated)

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:13:46 PST

[This article is now on Huffington Post.] Washington Post "factchecker" Josh Hicks gives Ron Paul high marks for consistency. Hicks claims that Paul's proposals and voting record are 100%...

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New York Times and Washington Post Articles on Congress and Wealth: Simplistic Statistical Analysis

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:37:08 PST

Yesterday, the New York Times and the Washington Post published articles reporting a dramatic difference in wealth among members of Congress and the general public. Both articles show a widening...

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NYT Article on Congress and Wealth: More Context Please

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:59:21 PST

The New York Times has published an interesting article on the wealth disparity among members of Congress and the average person in the US. The article reports that the median net worth of members of...

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Dear Newt Gingrich: Judicial Supremacy Does Not Exist

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:09:34 PST

Adam Liptak of the New York Times has written an article on Newt Gingrich's views of the federal courts. The article basically contains the same information as an earlier report by the...

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Obama and Gay Issues

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:46:43 PST

The Politico has an article on President Obama and his "pitch to gay voters." The article discusses the sometimes tumultuous relationship between Obama and the LGBT social movement...

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Newt Gingrich: Latest GOP Candidate With Horrific Ideas for Federal Courts

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:21:37 PST

Conservative and liberal observers have criticized comments that Newt Gingrich made regarding federal courts. The Washington Post reports that Gingrich told reporters during a conference call...

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What Does Romney's $10,000 Bet Tell Us: NOTHING

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:34:17 PST

Mitt Romney has received a lot of criticism for making a $10,000 wager during the recent Republican presidential debate. Romney made the bet during a dispute with Rick Perry over the details in a...

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Every Murder Victim Has A Story: Update on Joseph Alonzo Sharps Case

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:03:58 PST

17-year-old Joseph Alonzo Sharps, Jr. was murdered on November 8, 2010. His death was the subject of a Dissenting Justice article last year. Although Sharps's death did not generate an abundance...

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Newt Gingrich: Poor Kids Will Only Do Work If It Is "Illegal" (Text and Video)

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:53:49 PST

Newt Gingrich, the GOP presidential favorite du jour, made some interesting (translation: idiotic) comments about the plight of poor kids during a campaign rally earlier today. As reported by The...

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Occupy Wall Street Needs To Expand Its Tactics

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:13:54 PST

Occupy Wall Street is a new social movement that seeks to challenge the highly imbalanced distribution of wealth in the United States. Beyond this basic message it is unclear what the movement --...

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Washington Post Column Suggests a Conflict Between Feminism And Domesticity

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:47:00 PST

Emily Matchar's column in the Washington Post suggests a conflict between feminism and "domesticity." Such a conflict is artificial. Matchar's column is personal. It begins with a listing of...

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Jonathan Chait Asks: "When Did Liberals Become So Unreasonable"

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:44:29 PST

Jonathan Chait has written another critique of liberals. In a recent New York Magazine column, he asks "When Did Liberals Become So Unreasonable"? Unreasonable, of course, means criticizing President...

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President Obama Signs Three New Free Trade Agreements

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:23:14 PDT

Although President Obama campaigned heavily against free-trade agreements like NAFTA, he just signed three more into law. The agreements cover US trade relations with Columbia, Panama and South...

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Washington Post Asks: "Is Occupy Wall Street Overblown?" UPDATE

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:03:10 PDT

Media coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement has increased sluggishly. Undoubtedly, the lack of media attention has deprived the public of meaningful information about the movement and the means...

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Another Civil Rights Champion Dies: Paula Ettelbrick, 56

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:47:27 PDT

Another civil rights champion has died. Paula Ettelbrick, a lawyer and activist, succumbed to cancer this morning. Although Paula's work focused primarily on LGBT issues, she viewed justice in very...

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Obama's Debt-Reduction Plan: Has The Lion Found Courage?

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:23:31 PDT

Early reports of President Obama's debt-reduction bill reveal signs of courage in the proposal. According to the New York Times, for example, Obama has promised to veto any bill that does not include...

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Game Time: Name One Leading Country That Follows the Tea Party Model of Government

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:09:54 PDT

The Tea Party and conservative Republicans -- including Ron Paul -- continue to scream about the perils of the national government. Anything that comes out of Washington is horrible, oppressive, and...

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Ron Paul Supporters: Fighting Mad!

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:55:51 PDT

Related Post: Game Time: Name One Leading Country That Follows the Tea Party Model of Government Huffington Post has reprinted my article, Five Reasons Why Ron Paul Should Never Become President....

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Five Reasons Why Ron Paul Should NEVER Become President

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:27:39 PST

[NOTE: I have published a new Ron Paul article on Huffington Post: Dear Washington Post: Ron Paul Is NOT a Champion of Civil Liberty] [Related post: Ron Paul Supporters: Fighting Mad!] Fans of...

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Governor Perry's Dangerous Ideas for the US Constitution

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:49:35 PDT

Texas Governor Rick Perry recently entered the race to become the GOP's 2012 presidential candidate. Although many early reports regarding Perry have focused on trivial issues like his "Texas...

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FYI: Recession Has Contributed Greatly to Federal Debt and Deficit

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:25:24 PDT

Even though the Republicans love to blame government spending alone for the deficit and debt, they are distorting reality (in other words - lying). As I have argued in prior posts, the recession has...

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Blacks And President Obama: End the Love Affair?

Dissenting_Justice@Live.Com (Darren Hutchinson) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:05:42 PDT

Houston-based writer Michael Arceneaux urges blacks to end their love affair with President Obama. In an article published by The Root, Arceneaux contends that blacks treat Obama like a "boyfriend,"...

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