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The Real News network is a relative newcomer on the network news scene. Its mission is simple to understand but, sadly, not very common among American mainstream media in the year 2007. The video, below, explains The Real News network quite well so rather than paraphrase it, I’ll just invite you to watch [...]

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This is a verbatim excerpt from a letter that I wrote to a friend earlier today. I’ve changed the name for the sake of anonymity but otherwise, it is exactly as I wrote it to my friend.

As for the title of this post, it comes from 2 sources:

“Resistance is futile” comes from Star Trek’s [...]

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Have you ever read a U.S. President’s executive order? Most people I’ve talked to never have read one.
Can you guess their main reason for not reading one? Many of them tell me it’s because the sentences are too long and complicated to understand. I agree with them on this point.
What if there were a way [...]

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The following video is a dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence. Though some might find it boring or too lengthy for their patience, I was deeply moved by the way these professionals infused the words of this prominent founding document with passion and conviction.
I’d like to think that people who claim to be American [...]

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After just reading a friend’s blog about Independence Day in America (July 4th for those of you who are not American and perhaps not ‘up’ on American history), it feels as if he’s somehow ‘tuned in’ to my heart and put my thoughts and feelings in words as well as — perhaps even better than [...]

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