Dec 23, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, mic, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: Good Men Project (December 23, 2014)
Matthew Rozsa offers three suggestions to protect both the police and the communities that fear them and calls for both groups to demand that politicians enact them.
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Believe it or not, Michael Brown and Eric Garner share one very important quality with the pair of NYPD officers who were brutally slain earlier this week:
Both of them live in a society that forces them to fear for their lives.... Read Original Article
Dec 22, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, mic, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: Daily Dot (December 22, 2014)
Say what you will about The Interview, but let’s abandon the notion that the filmmakers were wrong for their fictionalized depiction of Kim Jong-un’s death. The reason is simple: It is healthy to assert that Kim Jong-un deserves to die.
Kim Jong-un is not just some interchangeable foreign leader.... Read Original Article
Dec 19, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, mic, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: Good Men Project (December 19, 2014)
Matthew Rozsa is mad as hell that Sony pulled ‘The Interview.’ But he’s equally horrified by the company’s racist attitudes.
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If North Korea has shown the world anything, it is that the executives at Sony are abject cowards.
This may sound rough, but it needs to be said.... Read Original Article
Dec 18, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, mic, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: Good Men Project (December 18, 2014)
Matthew Rozsa believes North Korea’s threat to Sony challenges the very essence of our democratic freedoms.
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Is it too much to expect Americans who expect to profit from the First Amendment to stand up for its underlying ethos?
Of course, due emphasis must be placed on the phrase “underlying ethos” in the aforementioned sentence.... Read Original Article
Dec 17, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Civil Liberties, Gender and Sexism, mic, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State
Published: Daily Dot (December 17, 2014)
One of the greatest achievements in human history.
Barbara Walters wasn’t technically incorrect when she used this phrase to declare Amal Clooney as the most fascinating person of 2014. After all, Walters’ choice was a lawyer who has waged many important battles for human rights.
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Dec 11, 2014 | Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Original Source Salon.com, President Obama
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