Nanette Lepore

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Monsanto Insecticides Linked to Honeybee Colony Collapse

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Honeybees – critical agents for pollinizing the world’s food chain – have been dying off at rates of 20-50% a year for the last two decades...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

St. Tuathal (Tutilo), my Namesake's Feast Day (March 28)

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St. Tuathal of Saint-Gall Feastday: March 28 In the early middle ages, one of the most influential monasteries and centers of learning i...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Morocco's Occupation of the Saharawi People and Lands Must End

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In my last blog article, I attempted to explain the half-century-long fight of the Tuareg people to preserve their homelands and traditional...
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Friday, March 23, 2012

Tuareg Right to Self-Determination: Western Support Long Overdue

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The Pattern is the same around the world: Wealthy nations colonize a native people, redrawing the existing political lines and importing ‘s...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Trayvon Martin: Murder by Racism

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I have been following the saga surrounding the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin every day. And every day when I read or hear about it, ...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Medical Marijuana Prognosis Looks Good in NH

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[Update to this post found HERE [Blogger's Note: Before my father died of esophagal cancer, he expressed to me how he thought that Ma...
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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Coptic Pope Shenouda III Dies, Increasing Uncertainty Over Egypt's Future

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Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, the 117th Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, died today at the age of 88 f...

10 Fun Bits of Irish Trivia for St. Patrick's Day...

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1) St Patrick was born in Britain, not Ireland (But that’s not the real news…) Yes, Patrick was born about 387 AD somewhere in Britain – di...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

Rowan Williams to Resign as Archbishop of Canterbury; Anglican Division Imminent?

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Rowan Douglas Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the worlds 80 million Anglicans, announced his resignati...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Greg Smith, Executive, Resigns from "Toxic" and "Destructive" Goldman Sachs

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A little more than 7 years ago I began blogging, in part due to my outrage over the tactics used by Goldman Sachs in destroying their client...
Friday, March 09, 2012

The Presidential Election 100 Years Ago: The Same Issues

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The year is 1912, and the Presidential Election is at a fever pitch. There is a growing income disparity in the country, and wealth is becom...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Lakota Grandmothers Stop Keystone Trucks

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Ten years ago, this blogger had the honor of spending several weeks among the Oglala Lakota at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. ...

86-Year Old WW2 Vet Denied the Right to Vote in Ohio

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About 7 weeks ago, we published a blog article detailing the extraordinary efforts Republicans were taking to prevent citizens from voting....
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Sunday, March 04, 2012

"8" , The Rob Reiner Play about the Prop 8 Trial

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In case you missed the broadcast, here it is in its entirety, starring George Clooney, Martin Sheen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bradd Pitt, Matthew M...
Friday, March 02, 2012

Prop 8 Play to be Live-Streamed on Saturday, Mar 3

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[UPDATE: The Actual Play, in its entirety, is posted HERE ] The Proponents of California's "Prop 8" have spent months attem...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Republican Race: Watch George E. Pataki

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In the Republican Presidential race, those who place bets on such things have given Mitt Romney the edge from the beginning. Romney has not...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Michigan: Microcosm of a Schizoid Electoral Process

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Regardless of whether Romney or Santorum ultimately win the Michigan Primary, the true lesson of this campaign is the schizoid nature of Ame...
Sunday, February 26, 2012

Santorum Wrong (Again) on Religious Faith and the Environment

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In Rick Santorum’s world, the most pressing political issue this week was Proper Theology. From questioning President Obama’s position o...
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