Down there in the bottom of the pond, the scum, are the trafficker in human beings. It’s a bit unfathomable to contemplate how people are able to exploit other humans and sell them and imprison them for work — until you consider that in the world of the so-called “free market” where everything is for sale — water, education, health care — it’s probably not that big a stretch. The Middle East weighs in with 600,000 people who are in forced labor.
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Carter Speaks Some Truth
Posted on 23 October 2012.
Jimmy Carter proves again why he’s been much better at being a former president than he was when he actually sat in the White House.
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Jimmy Carter: Talking Can Lead To Peace
Posted on 28 April 2008.
I’m going to ask for your indulgence for another moment–but this is just an important and personal issue to me. A week ago, I wrote about Jimmy Carter’s meeting with representatives of Hamas. Carter had a simple idea: you only make peace with your enemies and you can only make peace when you talk […]
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On Passover: Thank You, Jimmy Carter
Posted on 22 April 2008.
A momentary reflection away from what I usually write about. Every day that Jimmy Carter continues his works of peace and humanitarian outreach justifies the day that I cast my first vote in a presidential election for him some…okay, a lot of years ago. His recent foray to establish another line of communication with […]
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