Revolutionaries

Internet is down on Yalagin Street. Making do with phone...
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It's sad and ironic that the official U.S. position on Palestinian membership in the United Nations is so negative. Why is it up to the USA to decide that such membership would be a "shortcut"? You'd never believe that our own nation began in a revolution.
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It's also remarkable, given our revolutionary origins, that now death row appeals don't succeed based on demonstrating new doubts about old evidence. The defendant must now prove his innocence.

Is "American exceptionalism," always problematic but often inspiring, starting to fade? Time to remember a more solid foundation for faith: the One who was executed so that we might live.
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If I had a video of "5-0 Blues" by Corey Harris, that's what I'd paste here tonight.