Mary Shaw is a Philadelphia-based writer and activist, with a focus on politics, human rights, and social justice. She is a former Philadelphia Area Coordinator for the Nobel-Prize-winning human rights group Amnesty International, and her views appear regularly in a variety of newspapers, magazines, and websites. Note that the ideas expressed here are the author's own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Amnesty International or any other organization with which she may be associated.
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Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 9:27:42 AM
Article: "Banning some words HERE on This Website"
Once it's deleted from OpEdNews.com....
Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 9:07:51 AM
Article: "Banning some words HERE on This Website"
An old offensive article on this site
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 4:44:27 PM
Diary: "House passes Lilly Ledbetter bill; NOW sees other obstacles."
My own Congressman is one of those "barbarians"
Friday, July 13, 2007 at 5:03:12 PM
Diary: "Tell Congress to provide health care coverage for uninsured"
England
Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 5:09:55 AM
Quicklink: "Misogyny, the hatred of women, is pervasive in U.S."
Where's my alimony?
Monday, June 4, 2007 at 5:41:57 PM
Diary: "June 26: Come to Washington to help restore habeas corpus"
Great!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at 8:01:45 AM
Diary: "The HPV vaccine war continues"
All vaccines have potentially serious side effects
Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 9:17:01 AM
Diary: "A solution to the voting machine integrity issue?"
UPDATE
Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 3:39:10 PM
Diary: "Gay rights group speaks out against Super Bowl Snickers comm"
Update: Mars Inc. pulled the Snickers ad campaign
Sunday, December 24, 2006 at 4:05:59 PM
Diary: "Must-see documentary: "The Ground Truth""
Since when am I married?
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 8:41:27 AM
Diary: "More troops: Where will they come from?"
Harry Reid has changed his position
Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 7:02:55 AM
Article: "22,000 Show Up to Protest U.S. Torture School"
Heard you the first time
Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 1:58:19 PM
Article: "22,000 Show Up to Protest U.S. Torture School"
And SOA/WHISC is merely the tip of the iceberg
Friday, December 1, 2006 at 12:00:55 PM
Diary: "Will this man die because of a police set-up?"
W: Executioner in Chief
Friday, November 24, 2006 at 6:08:10 AM
Diary: "CIA acknowledges 2 interrogation memos (but keeps lots of ot"
Torture here at home as well
Monday, November 20, 2006 at 12:41:25 PM
Diary: ""Fast Food Nation" - I dare you to eat a burger after seeing"
So it gets even worse
Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 5:54:40 PM
Diary: "Iranian stones are more deadly than their uranium"
Killing for Jesus
Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 4:40:20 PM
Diary: "Iranian stones are more deadly than their uranium"
Killing for God/Jesus/Allah
Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 8:35:07 AM
Diary: "Beware the Butterball"
Thanksgiving
Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 10:28:43 AM
Diary: "A Veterans Day call for better VA funding"
Visiting the VA hospitals
Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 5:08:43 AM
Diary: "Amnesty International working to restore human rights in the"
Yes, Amnesty is addressing that too
Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 9:16:35 AM
Diary: "Nancy Pelosi's beautiful plans"
All in 100 hours?
Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 7:36:15 AM
Diary: "Suing to save America"
Vote!
Monday, September 25, 2006 at 3:49:08 PM
Diary: "Who would Jesus shoot?"
Casey vs. Santorum: Who is the real Christian
Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 6:19:24 AM
Diary: "27 die in mass Iraqi execution"
Let's send Brownie
Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at 9:23:52 AM
Diary: "Taking the "docu" out of ABC's 9/11 "docudrama""
Tell ABC to cancel this deceptive show
Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 6:55:34 AM
Diary: "Bush vs. the Constitution: The Constitution wins! (for now)"
He'll go with the fourth option
Sunday, August 13, 2006 at 6:25:01 AM
Diary: "UN passes ceasefire resolution; Israel steps up attacks; the"
Missing the forest for the first row of trees
Monday, August 7, 2006 at 5:53:45 PM
Diary: "Religious oppression in Bush's "liberated" Afghanistan"
"Freedom"
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at 8:04:54 PM
Diary: "Tiny terrorists?"
Human shields
Monday, July 31, 2006 at 11:10:42 AM
Article: "No, George, that's not why they hate us."
Yeah, Blair is not the same
Friday, July 28, 2006 at 1:42:20 PM
Diary: "Another step backwards for women's rights"
Let's overpopulate the orphanages
Friday, July 28, 2006 at 1:34:16 PM
Diary: "The army you have, not the army you want"
The secretary you have....
Sunday, July 23, 2006 at 5:00:17 PM
Diary: "The 2 party system IS "The Problem""
Need to change the system to support a third party.
Sunday, July 23, 2006 at 4:06:40 PM
Diary: "Condi Rice wants more dead babies"
I hate that term
Sunday, July 23, 2006 at 7:42:01 AM
Diary: "Judicial genocide"
But the NAACP didn't give him a free ride
Sunday, July 23, 2006 at 7:32:55 AM
Diary: "FEMA plays Big Brother"
The good old days
Saturday, July 22, 2006 at 7:21:49 AM
Diary: "If we can't stop attacks in our own airspace, how can we sto"
Where were our fighter planes?
Saturday, July 22, 2006 at 7:14:10 AM
Diary: "British newspaper says U.S. may be going bankrupt"
More freedom in China?!
Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 5:34:00 PM
Diary: "World War III, Armageddon, or just another Middle East flare"
re: Great Recruiter
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at 6:22:31 AM
Diary: "Fox News host lied about human rights groups"
Thank you
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 6:40:27 PM
Article: "Gitmo Suicides: U.S. reputation goes down another notch or t"
No Subject Entered
Saturday, June 17, 2006 at 7:40:16 AM
Diary: "The Senate wants more dead U.S. troops (as long as they're s"
You're right, of course