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Author Archives: Julius Willis
Peace in the Middle East: attainable only when Palestinians have a chance to live a respectable, productive life
Secretary of State John Kerry has brokered a deal where Israelis and Palestinians will sit and discuss a future of peace in the Middle East. As in the past, the effort will end up in no peace at all because … Continue reading
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Kuya Pultak who started the movement ‘Klassroom Ng Pagasa’ deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
If anyone deserves the Nobel Peace Prize it is Kuya Pultak, the Philippines corporate lawyer who, in 2011, started a community effort known in that country as a bayanihan to build school houses and classrooms in the remotest areas of the … Continue reading
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When Tea Party folk like Ken Crow and Sarah Palin get together talk can get so patently racist
The kind of thinking like that of Ken Crow and his fellow Tea Party of America folk only reveals how shallow and narrow-minded they are. It’s so pitiful that at this time and age there are still people who believe … Continue reading
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Ex-congresswoman and 2012 GOP presidential contender Michele Bachmann does one better than class-mate Sarah Palin
Michele Bachmann easily outclasses Sarah Palin when it comes to making seemingly incoherent statements that appear meant to impress rather than convince. MINNPOST (Friday, July 12) reports that at an event in Elk River, Minnesota, Bachmann said “The No. 1 reason … Continue reading
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Some men come out of a bad situation doing great things for society while others end up doing more evil to their fellowmen
New Yorkers will be deciding whether to give Eliot Spitzer, their disgraced former governor who resigned after being accused of paying for sex with prostitutes, a second chance at serving them. Spitzer is running for New York state comptroller and … Continue reading
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Why Charles Koch hates poor people so much is a question psychologists and sociologists could answer
Multimillionaire Charles Koch claims that people who make $34,000 a year are within the wealthiest 1% in the world (Charles Koch Foundation: An Income Of $34,000 Puts You In The Wealthiest 1 Percent, Huffington Post by David Winograd 7/11/2013). While it is … Continue reading
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Place the blame for the last – and ongoing – recession solely on the shoulders of Fed Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke
The American people should place the blame for the last (and ongoing) recession solely on the shoulders of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. When Ben Bernanke took over as chairman pf the Federal Reserve he was very well aware that … Continue reading
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When mega-billionaires run a “sports” competition of their own among themselves (or why some mega-billionaires can’t join in any common-man sport)
What will surely end up as the biggest flop of a sports event is unfolding in the San Francisco bay: the 2013 America’s Cup. The America’s Cup is a regatta played among a handful of very rich men who like … Continue reading
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No better way to avoid being branded a coward than to turn one’s self in and prove one’s claim to righteousness
While checking the definition of the word coward, I came up with some not-so-surprising results that reminded me of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden who is currently holed up at a Moscow air terminal’s transit section waiting for an opportunity to flee … Continue reading
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Obamacare will benefit all of the American people as well as the health insurance industry and health plan providers
Why do so many people think little or no good about the new universal health care (or health care reform) law, otherwise known as Obamacare? Is it because the law’s principle nemesis – Republicans – are the only ones speaking … Continue reading
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JULIUS C. WILLIS JR: Our World, Today! 