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Paul Rogat Loeb is the author of Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time, and The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear,winner of the 2005 Nautilus Award for the best book on social change. See www.paulloeb.org
SHARE Wednesday, January 4, 2006 Alito's Extraordinary Circumstances
Remember the "nuclear option" compromise? When the group of 14 Senators reached their agreement last May, they said they'd support a filibuster only under "extraordinary circumstances," presumably if Bush nominated Attila the Hun. I'd suggest these circumstances apply not only to Samuel Alito's track record but also to his nomination's entire political context.
SHARE Saturday, December 3, 2005 PRECARIOUS LIVES
The promises on which many of us have based our entire economic lives are no longer being honored.
SHARE Saturday, November 5, 2005 The Real Rosa Parks
Most reports on Rosa Parks treated her like a lone seamstress. On the Contrary, she was a longstanding activist, highly involved in the civil rights movement, for 12 years involved in the NAACP.
SHARE Monday, October 24, 2005 Hard Conversations About the Big Easy
As the New Orleans disaster recedes from the headlines, citizen activists face a choice. We can focus exclusively on other newer issues. Or we can work to make the disaster one of those key turning points with the potential to transform American politics.
SHARE Friday, September 23, 2005 911 IN NEW ORLEANS
We’re told the 9/11 attacks changed everything for America--that they ushered us in to a new and more dangerous world, where we could no longer afford old illusions. If we take its full lessons, the disaster of Hurricane Katrina challenges us even more profoundly.
SHARE Monday, August 1, 2005 SPEAKING TRUTH TO ROBERTS
We need to tell a different story... that Roberts defended Cheney’s right to refuse to name the corporate participants in his secret energy policy meeting. He advised Jeb Bush on the 2000 election....