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Maine: The Costs of “Political Speech”

In its article on forced ‘disappearance’ to eliminate political opposition, Wikipedia lists no less than 22 countries where ruling parties have resorted to this practice.  Among the better known are Argentina and Chile, under the regimes of Jorge Rafael Videla (1976-1981) and Augusto Pinochet (1976-1981), respectively. As a means of eliminating unwelcome political speech, ‘disappearing’ […]

October 17, 2012 – 10:33 am | By Sylvia Kraemer | Posted in Current History, Open Systems, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Maine Votes – 2012 *

If we’re not too dismayed by the nature of our politics when November 6 rolls around, we may be able to summon enough hope to go to the polls to elect candidates equipped to tackle today’s complex policy issues.   What to do about the “creative destruction” of work for a huge sector of our job […]

July 21, 2012 – 4:36 pm | By Sylvia Kraemer | Posted in Current History, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)