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Category Archives: Rights
Censorship
Contributed by Arthur Ahrens of Branchport, NY. Here’s a couple of photos: One photo was taken at a book burning in Opera Square in Berlin, Germany, on May 10, 1933. It is described by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Rights
Tagged 2022, book burning, censorship, libraries, radical right
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Free Speech Under Threat
For all the tolerance and enlightenment that modern society claims, Americans are losing hold of a fundamental right as citizens of a free country: the right to speak their minds and voice their opinions in public without fear of being … Continue reading
Posted in Constitution, Education, Media, Rights
Tagged Free Speech, shamed, shunned, The New York Times
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Letter from Birmingham Jail, August 1963
Contributed by Arthur Ahrens of Branchport, NY. In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. day, here is an excerpt from his Letter from Birmingham Jail, August 1963: “I MUST make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, … Continue reading
Believe it or not
The buck stops here. — Harry S. Truman Can you believe it? President Eisenhower was embarrassed by a scandal over a fur coat and one lie he told. After Richard Nixon, accused of crime, cover-up, and lying about it, … Continue reading
Government of, by, and for the Government.
Erik Prince, the security contractor with close ties to the Trump administration, has in recent years helped recruit former American and British spies for secretive intelligence-gathering operations that included infiltrating Democratic congressional campaigns, labor organizations and other groups considered hostile … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Education, Political, Rights
Tagged Betsy DeVos, Erik Prince, Project Veritas, spies
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Justice Comes First
Is that the law?–Shylock “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Justice, not legality, comes first; … Continue reading
Posted in Constitution, Immigration, Rights
Tagged Justice, Pledge of Allegiance, The Constitution
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Free speech
Last week, President Trump “signed an executive order to authorize the denial of federal funds to colleges that suppress student free-speech rights,” F.H. Buckley writes in the New York Post. Students who express conservative views on college campuses have been routinely … Continue reading
No, Tom Reed doesn’t get it
The outpouring of support you saw, I think, should be applauded, and I appreciate that input and that engagement in the democratic process to make sure that voice is heard. I can assure you I’m listening.–Rep. Tom Reed No, Tom isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Gun Violence, Reed's Views, Rights
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Are Assault Weapon Bans Constitutional?
Last fall I was leading a discussion at our local library about the proposed NYS Constitutional Convention. After we have been talking for a while, I made a statement that if there is a Constitutional Convention, whatever they change in … Continue reading
Posted in Gun Violence, Rights, Uncategorized
Tagged AR-15, Assualt Weapons, Heller v DC, NYS SAFE Act, Parkland
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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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