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Opinion -
Looking Glass
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Sharon Gaughan
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Sunday, 05 February 2012 10:00 |
Washington, DC, USA. The typical US election for president and congress is a hard sprint toward the finish line. Everything is under tight control, with campaign appearances scheduled for friendly audiences at a considerable distance from the general population.
We can always expect a flashy but largely superficial discussion of the issues.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 05 February 2012 10:10 |
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Opinion -
Looking Glass
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Sharon Gaughan
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011 15:00 |
Fairfax, VA, USA. As a very small and confused girl, struggling with the mystery of my birth, complicated by fire and falling debris, surrounded by the walking wounded of my family, and lacking the vocabulary for any of it, my mind and spirit wandered in the adult world trying to make sense of what they were trying to tell me.
I didn't know until much later they were demanding an answer to their question: Who do you think you are?
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Last Updated on Thursday, 03 November 2011 11:54 |
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Opinion -
Looking Glass
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Sharon Gaughan
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Sunday, 24 April 2011 15:00 |
Weston, CT, USA. On 14 December 1807, a "globe of fire" flashed south across Vermont and Massachusetts, culminating in three loud explosions at 6:30 in the morning over Fairfield County, Connecticut.
In their everyday lives, most people relied on astrology and traditional wisdom to explain natural phenomena. The common folk in religious communities thought meteors were portents of impending calamities. At best, amateur scientists thought that meteors were projectiles spewed from lunar volcanoes.
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Last Updated on Friday, 20 May 2011 12:29 |
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Opinion -
Looking Glass
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Sharon Gaughan
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Sunday, 17 April 2011 09:00 |
Fairfax, VA, USA. The essence of America and what we can bring to the world lies before us, but you wouldn’t know it from the behavior of Democrats and Republicans. The two great engines of our political will ignore the public interest, burnish their own self-indulgent resumes, and facilitate the downward spiral of our expectations.
The American political parties are demonstrably ineffective, but worse, are impediments to effective governance.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 17 April 2011 14:30 |
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Opinion -
Looking Glass
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Sharon Gaughan
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Wednesday, 12 January 2011 10:00 |
Fairfax, VA, USA. Ashley Love is the latest in a long line of personal targets identified by Autumn Sandeen for deconstruction, serving no purpose other than fuel for Sandeen’s perpetual self-aggrandizement.
I have nothing personal against Autumn Sandeen, but she has become an intolerable burden that saps the energy of serious people striving toward real progress in basic civil rights and the relief of those who need our help. Increasing numbers of people who care about those born with the transsexual medical condition, who strive toward hormonal reconstitution and surgical correction, have long recognized that she is well past her shelf life.
Note an important difference between these two people: Ashley Love devotes herself to the service of others while Autumn Sandeen serves only herself. While Ashley takes setbacks as challenges to try harder, Sandeen mouths the seemingly proper and politically correct social slogans while ensuring the media spotlight is on her.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 16 January 2011 03:59 |
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