Tag Archives: Lamar W. Hankins

Lamar W. Hankins : Guantánamo Turns Us All Into Monsters

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by AP. Image from Salon. The nation’s shame: Guantánamo turns us all into monsters The President says the right things, but he doesn’t seem to have the political will to release those wrongly imprisoned in Guantánamo. By Lamar W. … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Talking Guns with Wayne

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Steve Breen / San Diego Union Tribune. Image from The English Blog. The liberty to live:Talking guns with Wayne Wayne seemed to be growing frustrated with our discussion. ‘I don’t want kids killed,’ he said, ‘but I don’t … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : ‘Dirty Wars’ and Bush-Obama Foreign Policy

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Yemini writer Farea al-Muslimi testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Screen grab from Democracy Now!. Dirty Wars: The terror of Bush-Obama era foreign policy While some Bush policies may have been changed, the Obama administration has found new ways to … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Politicians Refuse to Protect the Public

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Explosion at fertilizer plant in West, Texas, April 17, 2013. Photo by Andy Bartee / KVUE.com. Texas explosion, guns, and fracking: Politicians refuse to protect the public Only a dramatic revolution of values focused on respect for people, creatures great … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Fear and the NRA

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Political cartoon by Mike Luckovich / Atlanta Journal-Constitution / SECFanatics.com. The NRA:Perpetrator of ‘fear itself’ McClatchy reports that for the last 40 years the NRA has succeeded in limiting and now even preventing research into the effects of gun use, … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Lyndon Baines Johnson As Tragic Hero

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, August 1972. Image from the LBJ Library / PBS Newshour. Lyndon Baines Johnson:  My tragic hero LBJ was doomed from the start, trapped by earlier mistakes that he could not avoid without being vilified by … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Texas’ Pedernales Electric Coop Violates Cooperative Values

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at PEC headquarters in Johnson City, Texas, in 1961. PEC violates cooperative valuesand principles of liberty Perhaps the greatest irony about membership in the PEC is that I have no choice about being a … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : The Delusions of War Ten Years and Counting

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Austin activist David Hamilton demonstrates against the Iraq War in December 2008. Photo by Sally Hamilton / The Rag Blog The delusions of war ten years after the bombing of Iraq began Only the willingly deceitful claim anymore that the war … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : CPR and End-of-Life Decisions

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from PBS NewsHour. CPR and end-of-life decisions Since the story of the 87-year old woman first appeared, more information has come to light. She was aware of and had agreed to the policy of the center where she lived … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Pipeline Debate is Mired in Disinformation

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Coming your way? Pieces of the pipeline. Image from National Radio Canada. Keystone XL Pipeline debateis mired in disinformation The Keystone XL Pipeline project has virtually nothing to do with American energy independence, but everything to do with enriching Canadian … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Questions Ted Cruz Won’t Answer

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the inquisitor. Photo by Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images. Questions that Rafael Edward‘Ted’ Cruz won’t answer Cruz’s performance has been described by various commentators and reporters as disgraceful, appalling, embarrassing, slanderous, impertinent, uncivil, moralistic, … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Selling Cremation Door-to-Door

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Neptune Society mailer. Image from Boing Boing. Consumer beware!Selling cremation door-to-door I was treated to a sales pitch full of misleading or outright false claims, all to get me to pay more than double the cost for a simple cremation … Continue reading →

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