Its been a busy week on the civil liberties front. Here's the third coalition letter (this week) that my primary publication The Multiracial Activist signed on. This letter, in support […]
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Category: Blog, Commentary and Articles
A section containing all blog entries, articles and commentaries. Many of these entries were imported from my earlier Blogspot, MovableType and WordPress blogs. In addition, political commentary, articles and essays written for publication and coursework can be found here. Much of the commentary in this section was published in The Multiracial Activist, The Abolitionist Examiner, The Good Men Project and Interracial Voice. Many essays in this section were written for coursework at the American Military University.
Detention Report
The Liberty and Security Initiative of the Constitution Project has released its bipartisan Report on Post-9/11 Detentions (pdf). Signatories include: Co-chairs David Keene, Chairman, American Conservative Union and David Cole, […]
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Senator Durbin’s Floor Statement on Torture
As I am a military veteran and civil liberties activist who strongly believes in adherence to the Geneva Conventions, I’m going to let a Senator from my former home state […]
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Stop-Loss
Stop-loss as applied to military service is just another word for slavery. Once you've fulfilled your contract, you should be allowed to take your uniform off. Anything else negates the […]
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Washington, DC Blogger Meetup
I attended the Washington, DC Blogger Meetup this evening at the cyberSTOP cafe. Three current bloggers including me, Ken Shepherd and Kim Davis were in attendance. Also in attendance was […]
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No Credible Evidence
An alert, issued this morning by MSNBC Breaking News: 9/11 panel finds 'no credible evidence' of Iraq-al-Qaida link – The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks reported Wednesday that Osama […]
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Lilienthal on PATRIOT Act II
From a statement today by Steve Lilienthal, Director of the Center for Privacy and Technology Policy at the Free Congress Foundation regarding “today’s expected mark up of H.R. 3179 — […]
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Coalition Letter on Use of Torture
Here's another coalition letter my primary publication The Multiracial Activist signed on. This letter, which regards the use of torture by the United States, was sent to all members of […]
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Satire and Stuff
Donald J. Hagen has an amusing webpage titled "SATIRICAL POLITICAL BELIEFS ASSESSMENT TEST" available here. Check it out.
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PATRIOT Act II
I've signed my primary publication, The Multiracial Activist, on to another anti-American piece of dissent correspondence (sarcasm intended) regarding H.R. 3179, the "Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003" aka […]
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