The dictionary definition of the word “hosanna” is ‘a shout of fervent and worshipful praise’, or ‘to express praise or adoration of God.’ This is not something you are likely to hear in the West in regard to Osama bin Laden. But, to a great many people of the world, he is a hero.
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In the not too distant past, radio and television were invented. As a tool of instant communication, these discoveries were immediately recognized as a national resource. The government took steps to regulate and administer these airwave technologies in a manner that they thought would best serve our ill-defined “national interest.”
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Our jurisprudence system assumes that someone is innocent until proven guilty. We can thank George Mason of Virginia for inspiring the Bill of Rights, and for lobbying for its inclusion in our Constitution.
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Like Sand Through Your Fingers
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Organically Grown Food: Billions and Billions Killed
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There is an assumption that what makes our nation so great is the freedom of speech.
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Mutual Responsibility has simple utopian goals: food and health, education and worship, for everyone. Despite a long history of disagreement on how to achieve success, most people would recognize these four personal goals as primary to a better society:
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The Great Digital River of Life
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The Stuff Dreams are Made Of
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The Rich are Different from Us
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Movie Review – HOLES
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The Sunday Boston Globe includes a really nice magazine, called, interestingly enough, the Boston Globe Magazine. So, on the first day in months when it has been warm and nice outside, I was stuck inside my apartment. With a very nasty head cold.
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Guest Essay – Joyce Hardin
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In 1984, Apple and the Macintosh challenged the world with the dramatic portrayal of a revolutionary woman hurling a hammer at an image of the establishment. With the Twentieth Anniversary of that event approaching, now is a good time to take a look back at this revolution and take stock of the new revolution that the Mac OS X operating system offers.
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Alien in the Barn
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American Imperium
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Like most of you, I have several hobbies to keep myself amused and busy, during the times when I am not working to pay the bills. Some of my hobbies are pretty standard (if anything can really be called standard any more.) As I have mentioned in a few columns, I love to bike ride. This is a sport and hobby combined.
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Zero Tolerance – The Sex Offensive
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Where some people get the stones to engage in cold-weather outdoor sports, such as skiing, in New England, is beyond me.
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Guest Essay – Propaganda Has a New Name – Encyclopedia Britannica
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