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    The Internet is not a Safe Haven for being Anonymous when Behaving Badly

    There is no guarantee that being anonymous online offers a safe haven to be abusive to others. Recently, I was in a scuffle with a flock of anonymous voices on Amazon and as I struggled to disengage from the issue, I was warned that I should apologize to all the anonymous voices hiding behind the masks, and I asked myself…

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    Censored but not Silenced: Part 5/5

    Is it possible that Murdock—or other wealthy neoconservatives—are supplying the money behind the IMED where Julie Lenarz is a fellow?

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    Censored but not Silenced: Part 4/5

    I have learned that it is best to be suspicious of political nonprofit organizations with impressive sounding names that promise to achieve wonderful things and make the world a better place. They could be a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

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    Censored but not Silenced: Part 3/5

    There are several private-sector special interest groups that benefited from the Iraq War—each one for a different reason.

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    Censored but not Silenced: Part 2/5

    Wars are fought with mostly borrowed money that ends up growing the National Debt and that debt—if it is ever paid off—will be paid by U.S. tax payers and not by oil companies.

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    Censored but not Silenced: Part 1/5

    Civil Liberties says, “The right to free speech is a longstanding U.S. tradition, but actually respecting the right to free speech is not.”

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    Dealing with Internet Bullies

    No one wins an argument with an Internet bully suffering from disinhibition and anyone may be a victim of disinhibition without knowing it.

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    East Bay Area Author Event, March 2nd, 2013

    Fifteen published authors will be talking throughout the day about the subject of their books, about their works, and about the process of writing and getting published.

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    Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: Sarah McCoy wrote a post for the Huffington Book Blog about “Men of War are Conflicted Characters“. After I read her post, I wanted to leave a comment but couldn’t because that section was closed, so I’m writing it here. You may want to read McCoy’s post. It’s well written and deals with…

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    Death by Competitive Capitalism

    We have been through this sort of thing before but back then it was the independent bookstore being pushed out by the big chains like Barnes & Noble.