AltWeeklies Wire
Acts of Charity in Times of War
I have a difficult time justifying this hypocrisy in my own mind, or even explaining it to a child who sees the wars as a nightly occurrence on the news, which then segues into a report on holiday festivities, shopping and charitable acts of kindness by people of fame and fortune.
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James Preston Allen |
12-01-2004 |
Commentary
Polls, Politics and God
People commonly look at political polling with an instinctual skepticism. How, they ask, can you get an accurate sample of how voters are actually going to vote by questioning 1,000 likely voters nationwide out of the millions who actually will vote November 2?
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James Preston Allen |
10-15-2004 |
Commentary
To Everything There Is a Season
The use of religious language at the Republican National Convention was Orwellian.
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James Preston Allen |
09-03-2004 |
Commentary
So Now It Begins Again
While the crowd cheered wildly for John F. Kerry, I was thinking to myself that this is the person who could fulfill the abrogated presidency of JFK, completing, as it were, his second term of office.
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James Preston Allen |
08-05-2004 |
Commentary
Delusions of Power
U.S. censorship and American propaganda are leading the country in the wrong direction.
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James Preston Allen |
06-15-2004 |
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