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May 14, 2012 – 2:44 pm | 6 views

Last Tuesday’s Republican primary in the State of Indiana represented a sad day for America, and yet another step forward for the ultra-conservative Tea Party movement.  Richard Lugar, a thirty-six year veteran of Congress, known as being one of the last  remaining moderate Republicans in the Senate, was soundly defeated by Tea-Party backed candidate Richard Mourdock.  Ironically, the political virtues …

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Domestic Violence: A Global Terror in the Home

November 18, 2009 – 1:30 pm | 11 Comments | 1 views
Domestic Violence: A Global Terror in the Home

A startling number of “honor suicides” has emerged in Turkey. This is a process whereby a woman who ostensibly shamed her family, chooses to commit suicide under pressure from her family so they may avoid penalties for murdering her.

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