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	<title>GLOBAL SENSE &#187; Observations</title>
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		<title>A playful thought: Is Barack Obama the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judah Freed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mural painter Ron English stood contentedly before his fine Obama-Lincoln composite portrait on the side of a building on Thayer Street in Boston last July 2, 2008. The mural was an outdoor expression of his installation in Gallery XIV’, which passed out poster copies of the art that soon were pasted publicly across the city.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Hurricane Gustav hits the Gulf Coast, Republicans dare not fiddle if New Orleans floods</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judah Freed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m, writing on Monday morning, September 1. Today is Labor Day. Through the miracle of the Internet, I&#8217;m watching the live broadcast of WDSU-TV6 in New Orleans at 11 AM Central Time as the eye of Hurricane Gustav makes landfall west of the city.
A WDSU reporter is saying that about two million people have evacuated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stark Contrasts in Denver on Eve of DNC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judah Freed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Passing through downtown Denver this evening, I saw on foot patrol squads of dark-clad police in riot gear,. Wearing brand new dark blue uniforms, the squads walked in groups of six. From their gun belts hung bundles of plastic handcuffs beside visored helmets. From their hands extended long black clubs, perhaps three feet in length, swinging at their sides as they walked.]]></description>
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		<title>Facing the Conflict over Nonviolence Among DNC Protesters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judah Freed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can those calling for the end of war learn to practice peace in their own community? I hope so. As Gandhi advocated, we must be the change we wish to see in the world.]]></description>
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		<title>Note to Journalists: Who&#8217;s really an expert?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judah Freed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A top New York magazine writer recently rejected a story pitch from me by saying, &#8220;I don&#8217;t tend to use self-published authors as sources.&#8221;
When I tried to explain the difference between self publishing and independent publishing, he was not interested. He&#8217;s apparently chosen to limit the range of his story sources to authors published by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Booksellers and Literacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judah Freed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As long as free minds can read good books and discuss them openly, we can feel hope for the future of democracy.]]></description>
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