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Two interesting interviews
She Calls Her Opponent a ‘Racist,’ He Calls Her a ‘Radical’: Catching Up With Tracy Mitrano J.D. ’95 By Amanda H. Cronin and Alec Giufurta She Calls Her Opponent a ‘Racist,’ He Calls Her a ‘Radical’: Catching Up With Tracy Mitrano J.D. ’95 … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Campaign Finances, Campaigning, Congress, Constituents, Education, Environmental, gay rights, Gun Violence, Health Care, Political, Racism
Tagged Criminal justice, Tom Reed, Tracy Mitrano
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Liberty U. commencement address
Leonard Pitts, Jr. discusses VP Pence’s commencement address … when Pence warned the graduates about being derided for their beliefs, he obviously had neither the poor nor the outcast in mind. So, as everyone who heard him surely understood, what he … Continue reading
Can we see fascism among us?
It is easy to see fascism in violent demonstrations, but what about more mundane examples? Attacks on Muslims and other minority groups. Organized attacks on public education. Proposals for a mercenary army. Private prisons. Border walls. Militant militias. Personal arsenals. … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance, Campaign Finances, Defense, Economics, Education, gay rights, Gun Violence, Immigration, Media, Racism, Taxes, Terrorism
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It all started with a tweet
This article was written by Cath Kestler, a resident of Silver Creek, NY. It also appeared in the Olean Times Herald. It all started with a tweet that was heard around the world which was followed by a flurry … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Constitution, gay rights, Trans in Military, Uncategorized
Tagged DADT, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Trans in Military, Veterans
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Gary Johnson, Libertarian
Gary, Johnson, a former Governor of New Mexico, is running for President as a Libertarian. Johnson claims to be a social liberal and fiscal conservative. Johnson hopes to win enough votes to prevent any other candidate from winning a majority. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Campaign Finances, Defense, Economics, Education, Environmental, gay rights, Health Care, Immigration
Tagged Gary Johnson, libertarian, National Popular Vote, NPV, Ryan Lizza
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Celebrate Diversity and Embrace Unity
This column was originally published in the Dunkirk Observer Today. It was written, and submitted by Cath Kestler, LGBT advocate and resident of Silver Creek. “When all Americans are treated as equals, no matter who they are or whom they … Continue reading
Posted in gay rights, Uncategorized
Tagged discrimination, homeless, human rights, LGBT community, Violence against LGBT
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Does Reed share Trump’s Values?
Today’s (Sunday, April 17) Finger Lakes Times “Insight” section’s top of the page headline announces, “Group to Reed…your endorsement of Donald Trump raises many significant questions”. The article is an Open Letter to Rep. Tom Reed. The group, Tools for … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Ethics, gay rights, Immigration, pro-life/pro-choice, Racism, Reed's Views, Rights, Seniors, Veterans
Tagged anti-immigrant, homophobic, Racism, Reed's Values, Social Change, Trump's Leadership Team
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Looking back at a career
Jeffrey Toobin, writing in the Feb. 29th issue of “The New Yorker,” gives us a refreshing look at a much discussed subject–recommended. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/29/antonin-scalia-looking-backward
Posted in gay rights, Gun Violence, Health Care, Rights, Supreme Court
Tagged Jeffrey Toobin, Republican party, Scalia, The New Yorker
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Keep America Great!
Finger Lakes Times (Geneva) columnist Peter Mitchell asked “If we’re not a great country now, when were we great, and what will take to get is back there?” in this week’s column titled “The ‘Make America Great’ Myth”. First Mitchell identified four … Continue reading
Privacy and Equality in the Constitution
To get the word male . . . out of the Constitution cost the women of the country fifty-two years of pauseless campaign.–Carrie Chapman Catt Writing in the May 25th issue of The New Yorker, historian Jill Lepore discusses the history of the … Continue reading
Posted in Constitution, gay rights, pro-life/pro-choice, Rights, Supreme Court
Tagged equality, Jill Lepore, marriage, New Yorker, privacy, reproductive rights
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