A fever took Helen Keller’s sight and hearing at the age of one-and-a-half. On March 3, 1887, when Keller was six, a teacher, Anne Sullivan, came to stay at her house. Sullivan taught Keller language by spelling into her hand.…
Category: Human Rights
Alito’s “Unitary Executive” is “Extraordinary Circumstance”
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Judge Samuel Alito, nominee to the United States’ Supreme Court, champions an “unitary executive” doctrine that gives the President as Commander in Chief unlimited power. President George W. Bush has already claimed “unitary executive” powers to imprison citizens without charges,…
Bush Acts as Dictator During Endless “War”
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President George W. Bush has acted as a dictator, “a ruler who is unconstrained by law1“, as shown in three cases recently in the news. In one case, Bush violated the fifth amendment to the Constitution by labeling a US…
Dems Block PATRIOT Act Excesses – Your cousin may breathe easier
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A month after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, with half the Senators shut out of their offices due to anthrax-powdered letters1x2, the United States Congress passed the “USA PATRIOT“ Act3, which boosted the government’s surveillance power. If you can’t…
Happy Human Rights Day!
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Soon after the horror of World War II and the Nazi atrocities that came to be known as The Holocaust, 51 countries formed the United Nations to keep peace and security. Soon after that, on December 10th, 1948, the United…