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Todd Huffman is a pediatrician and writer living in Eugene, Oregon. He is a regular contributor to many newspapers and publications throughout the Pacific Northwest.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 24, 2006 The Politics Of Hope
Indifference is still the dominant American civic attitude towards politics. What's wrong with having a little hope?
SHARE Thursday, October 19, 2006 Words We'll Never Hear
"My Fellow Citizens,
On this night I would like to depart from the usual empty talking points demanded by my pollsters and political spinmeisters. On this night, ladies and gentlemen, I would instead like to speak about America's children..."
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, October 16, 2006 What If The Democrats Win?
Barring a wouldn't-put-it-past-them pre-election staging of George W. Bush personally dragging bin Laden by his beard out of his bat cave, Democrats appear poised in a few short weeks to translate their witty way with bumper-stickers into control of one or both houses of Congress. Will they use their newfound power wisely?
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, September 11, 2006 In Memoriam
On a bright and terrible morning five years ago this day three thousand lives were lost in a series of instants. Five years on, let us leave the past to its restless peace.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, August 20, 2006 Five Years On
The fifth anniversary of September 11th will tap our shoulders next month. It will warn of another year of war that waits raving and eager along that same terrible path down which this country's grief over that day has been misled for more than three.
SHARE Monday, August 7, 2006 Fear No Evil
Another election season is upon us, and we can soon expect to be terrorized by the politics of fear.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, July 30, 2006 American Tune
Do what you can, where you are, now. It is "the age's most uncertain hour".
(27 comments) SHARE Saturday, July 29, 2006 It's Time To Say "No More!"
It's time for everyday Americans to stand up to the fiscal and social policies of the Republican leadership, to greed disguised as ideology, and say "no more!"
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, June 15, 2006 If I Were A Progressive Candidate
Some thoughts on what Joe & Jane Voter might want to see in a progressive candidate in 2006 & 2008.
SHARE Monday, May 29, 2006 The Freedoms And The Fallen We Honor
We would do well this Memorial Day to remind ourselves of the freedoms, unique in all the world and modeled since, for which untold Americans have fought or even given their lives.
SHARE Sunday, May 28, 2006 To The Class of 2006
Your future promises more possibilities and more challenges than those experienced by any generation before you.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Stealing Jesus
The Christian Left needs to do a better job pointing out the hypocrisy of those on the Right who claim to "walk" with Jesus even as they run away from those for whom Jesus spoke.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 17, 2006 Of Congress And Camels
As Congress is set to pass more billions in tax cuts for the wealthy, the author wonders how the faith of Jesus came to be pro-rich and pro-business.
SHARE Thursday, April 13, 2006 Here We Go Again
Haven't we heard all this before? The fate of the world lies in the hands of two fundamentalist regimes: American and Iranian.
SHARE Thursday, March 30, 2006 If You Don't Mind, Why Don't You Mind?
To anyone who isn't yet appalled by the extent of the disaster that is the Bush presidency: Why Don't You Mind?