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October 23, 2004
Political Animal
Get the Military Out of Our High Schools 
Early in July, he woke up to a knock on his door. His parents were at work. Garrett says that he was greeted by an army recruiter and two police officers. “They had been calling me for weeks, saying I had to come enroll, but I kept telling them, ‘I’m going to school,’” he said. “Now they said, ‘If you don’t come with us right now, you are going to jail.’” CounterPunch
October 22, 2004
Political Animal
Grown Folks Talkin’ So will this be just another sex column? Just a bi-weekly PSA? Not any more than this inaugural essay is just about my beauty salon. I care far more about what’s beneath our collective scalps than on top of them.
October 17, 2004
Political Animal
The Ascent of Man THERE ARE TWO PARTS to the human dilemma. One is a belief that the end justifies the means. That push-button philosophy, that deliberate deafness to suffering, has become a monster in the war machine. The other is the betrayal of the human spirit: the assertion of dogma that closes the mind, and turns a nation a civilisation into a regiment of ghosts - obedient ghosts, or tortured ghosts.' DrBronowski.com
October 4, 2004
Political Animal
First Annual Drylongso Short Story Competition A prize of $500 will be given annually for an unpublished short story written in English. The winning entry will be published on the Drylongso site and in an anthology of short fiction.
Political Animal
First Annual Drylongso Poetry Competition This contest will be offered annually for a previously unpublished poetry collection of at least 50 pages, which may include previously published poems. The competition seeks to award well-written, original poetry in English on any topic, in any style.
Political Animal
Principles of Commerce in a Righteous Society So, with the inexorable wave of change coming in the dissemination or distribution of all sorts of copyrightable content, we must begin to think of how best to surf this wave, or be swept away by it. This brings to bear a series of consideration points. First, what is “copyrightable content”, and what are the types and degrees of protection we can expect on the far side of this “wave of change”, in a practicable context?
Political Animal
RACIAL COVENANTS: A History Past and Present The court determined that Mr. McGhee was a Negro, because he looked like one, and his wife looked "like the mulatto type." The court ordered the McGhees to vacate the property within 90 days, and restrained them from using or occupying the premise in the future.