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Guest Opinion | Thursday, December 29,2011
{after 1st article on article listing} Resolutions for a compassionate Springfield
With annum’s end here again, it’s time to bring out paper and pen – iPod or -Pad? – to begin another list of good intentions for the new year. For me it’s a challenge&nbs
Guest Opinion | Thursday, October 22,2009
Springfield joins global action for climate change
Glaciers that provide drinking water for hundreds of millions of people are disappearing more rapidly than originally predicted. According to the United Nations, 325 million people are already affecte
Guest Opinion | Wednesday, February 25,2009
A peace activist’s concern about Obama’s war
Finally, the change we’ve all been waiting for; the light at the end of the tunnel. Now we can sit back
and relax, right?
Well, at this moment, pundits vie for the cleverest visuals to m
Guest Opinion | Wednesday, November 15,2006
Reverse course
Civil action needed to stop U.S. policy promoting torture
Untitled Document
You leave home for your cousin’s wedding. En
route, you are grabbed by armed men, blindfolded, shoved into a truck, and
moved to a storage tank with so ma
Guest Opinion | Thursday, June 22,2006
Raising the bar
Why we expect more on the war from the “good guys”
Contemplating nonviolent civil disobedience at the
office of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin isn’t easy. On the one hand, Durbin
is one of the senators most supportive of ending the Iraq War; on
Guest Opinion | Thursday, May 26,2005
Lift the ban
If I hadn’t just returned from Cuba, I
would have read about John Bolton’s recent confirmation woes
with a bit less apprehension. Bolton wanted a U.S.
Feature | Thursday, March 17,2005
Why we speak out
On March 15, 2003, just days before the United
States went to war against Iraq, more than 70 of us stood vigil in
front of the Paul Finley Federal Building to speak out again
News | Friday, May 9,2003
A peace marcher’s progress report
On February 15, I was in New York City for the international day of protest called "The World Says No to War." It was biting cold, and I had to double up on everything: two pairs of socks, long underw
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