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QUOTE OF THE DAY ... “Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” by Martin Luther King...

PERSONAL NEWS #171 Tuesday evening, October 20th, I had a foot doctor appt, and then attended the NYDoP speaker meeting held at the Hope Mar...

An Extraordinary Man http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2009/11/extraordinary-man.html Arthur Silber, webblog [ Duchess Note - Thanks to ...

Youth PROMISE Act Subcommittee Markup Tomorrow! Watch it Live! By Direction of the Chairman, the U.S. House subcommittee on the Crime,Terro...

New Yorkers for a Dept of Peace 5th Anniversary Celebration

PERSONAL NEWS #170 Thursday, October 1st, I attended the enjoyable TGTSNBN meetup at Cafe Metro. This month the topic was members talking ab...

PERSONAL NEWS #169 Sunday through Thursday, Sept 13-17, I was on vacation down at my beloved Cape May, NJ, and stayed at the Macomber hotel ...

PERSONAL NEWS #168 [ Duchess Note : Condensed version of "personal news”, as I’ve been abit busy lately and therefore lagging behind on...

LATEST IN US & WORLD NEWS Street Report From the G20 Bill Quigley, TruthOut http://www.truthout.org/092809R?n "The G20 in Pittsburg...

NEWS CLIPPINGS ON PEACE Why Peace Is Such A Tough Issue Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star Op-Ed http://voices.kansascity.com/node/5952 See Pea...

PERSONAL NEWS #167 Monday, August 17th, I had a foot doctor appt to remove the rest of the stitches. Progress has been slow and steady sin...

LATEST IN PROGRESSIVE NEWS Tongue-tied Liberals Doug Henwood, Word Press http://doughenwood.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/tongue-tied-liberals/ [...

Official BHB Reader Endorsement Poll: The Herd for the 33rd http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/12540 [If you live in Brooklyn’s City Co...

LATEST IN THE NEWS William Rivers Pitt Teddy http://www.truthout.org/082609R?n "Teddy was just a man, but ended his life as something ...

LATEST IN HEALTHCARE NEWS This Isn’t Reform, It’s Robbery Chris Hedges, Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/08/24-1 Refuting...

News Flash - If you live in New York City Council District 33 [Brooklyn], please, take a moment to help Doug Biviano win this online poll...

HEALTH CARE WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE Congressman Dennis Kucinich The masquerade is over! The "public option" is ... dead. Health car...

JULY 4TH WEEKEND AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

LATEST ON HEALTHCARE CRISIS IN AMERICA Marc Ash Fight for the Public Option http://www.truthout.org/081709A?n "As August comes to a cl...

PERSONAL NEWS #166 Tuesday, July 21st, I had a foot doctor appt for therapy and an ultra-sound on my left foot. The therapy was helping out ...

LATEST IN PROGRESSIVE NEWS Why You Should Boycott Whole Foods Russell Mokhiber, CounterPunch The company’s CEO has just launched a major cam...

Commentary on American TV News by Andrew Bayuk Truly the so-called "news" on TV has hit an all time low. Driven by primarily ad sp...

PERSONAL NEWS #165 Thursday, June 25, I attended an event at the Church Center for the United Nations called “Stand Up for Peace!” This was...

LATEST IN THE NEWS Whistleblower: America's Hidden Health Nightmare http://www.truthout.org/072609R?n Paul Harris, The Observer: "W...

Words Are Windows [or They’re Walls] By Ruth Bebermeyer [ Duchess Note : This poem is from a M.B.Rosenberg book on NVC (nonviolent communic...

LATEST NEWS ON CONGRESSMAN KUCINICH Kucinich – “Troop Movement Should Not be Confused with a Troop Withdrawal from Iraq” http://kucinich.hou...

LATEST IN INTERNATIONAL & DOMESTIC NEWS Regarding the Late, Great Walter Cronkite - Thank you Walter Cronkite for your endorsement and ...

MESSAGE FROM THE PEACE ALLIANCE - Youth PROMISE ACT Congressional Hearing - A Historic Success! On Wednesday members of "The Peace All...

LATEST IN DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS Normon Solomon Escalation Scam: Troops in Afghanistan http://www.truthout.org/070909R?n Norman Sol...