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Edward Curtin is a widely published author. His new book is Seeking Truth in A Country of Lies - https://www.claritypress.com/product/seeking-truth-in-a-country-of-lies/ His website is http://edwardcurtin.com/
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 23, 2018 A Genuine Actor: Francesco Serpico
This is a portrait of a man of integrity, Frank Serpico, the former NYPD cop who refused to accept payoffs like so many other cops and was paid back with a bullet to his face. Here you learn of the man behind the legend, a man much more than an heroic honest cop.
(10 comments) SHARE Monday, January 15, 2018 We Need a Martin Luther King Day of Truth
How the Martin Luther King Day Holiday and Day of Service is used to hide the truth that King was assassinated by the U.S. government, and why it's necessary to break through this media distortion of the truth.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 17, 2017 An Advent Calendar to Beat the Devil
The Christmas and holiday season is a microcosm of the materialist mania that possesses the American people. This capitalist economy and the gift-giving season are driven by an unconscious guilt personified by the devil, who enjoys singing "I'll be home for Christmas" at this time of year. But there is another way to live and it begins with dispossessing.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, December 8, 2017 Some Men
A poem about men living lives of not-so-quiet desperation as they pursue the elusive American Dream of wealth and happiness that many think confirms their manhood.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 2, 2017 Waiting for the American Dream
Built into the American capitalist culture of unhappiness is a powerful inclination to believe in illusions that contribute to a human tendency to wait. Procrastination is not just a personal tendency, but a social sickness tied to the American Dream.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, November 27, 2017 Hunting Man
When an entire society is infused with an innocent approach to killing in all its forms, that society is drowning in blood and is guilty of crimes of great magnitude.
(11 comments) SHARE Thursday, November 23, 2017 Thanksgiving for JFK
Why we should remember and give thanks for President John F. Kennedy today and toast him tomorrow,Thanksgiving Day;for without his willing to risk his life for peace we may not be here.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 11, 2017 Reviving the Spirit of Existential Rebellion in a World of Propaganda, Lies, and Self Deception
In a world where lying, self-deception, and propaganda is ubiquitous,and the belief in individual freedom has been under assault for decades,we need to revive the spirit of existential truth to create a worldwide movement to abolish nuclear weapons before they are used to abolish us.
(36 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 7, 2017 A Provocation to Investigate the Las Vegas Massacre
The mainstream media reporting on the Las Vegas massacre is overwhelming people's ability to think clearly by presenting an endless stream of information while refusing to examine the possibility that the truth goes far deeper than one crazed gunman.This approach, however, has many precedents and should be examined by skeptical minds.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 30, 2017 The Only Time
A poem about the mystery of love, time, and passion.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 27, 2017 The Super Patriotic Draft Dodger's Rag: "Fire the Son-of-a-b*tch"
Trump's grotesque comments and tweets about Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players has elicited a hypocritical reaction from the NFL and others who have joined the group outrage aimed at Trump, but were silent when Obama waged war world-wide. Kaepernick courageously knelt in solitary witness while hypocrisy and "cheap grace" define much of the current "knee-jerk"reaction to Trump's obscenities.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, September 18, 2017 Winners Take Nothing
A poem about the quintessential American football coach and the martial mentality that supports war and winning at all costs.
(16 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 12, 2017 The Unspoken Truth behind the Colin Kaepernick Story
Behind the courageous and principled protest of Colin Kaepernick lies a deeper issue that has been ignored because it reveals a truth about American society that is very disturbing.
(6 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 7, 2017 Ghostly Voices Dancing in the Rain
How a walk in an early morning rainstorm brought insight into a dilemma faced by many people who fight against war and injustice.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, August 11, 2017 A Rare Bird upon the Earth and Very Like A Black Swan
A story of a woman artist struggling to be free in an era when free women were scorned unless they bought into the Hollywood produced myths of glamour and a woman's place in the home.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, August 1, 2017 A Child's Truth in a Country of Lies
In a country engulfed by lies and propaganda,the future is dark indeed unless parents wean their children from their electronic addictions and encourage them to read. This essay explores why that is so essential through a meditation on the children's classic, A Wrinkle in Time.