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Saturday Night Politico

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for Leo Costa

I get stuck, discouraged, depressed, defeated. My head gets weighed down by the information I’ve gathered. The world, my world, is crippled by greed, obtuse philosophies about selfishness, powerful rich morons, and so far the mass of people, in my country at least, are not rising up and demanding real change—systematic, radical change.

This is the Story of a Middle-Aged Hypochondriac

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This is the story of a middle-aged hypochondriac who was ordered by a doctor—calm but stern—to keep a blood pressure journal for a month, checking his pressure four times a week and then returning for the early 40s conversation. “See you in a month,” the doctor said, and sent our quaking protagonist to purchase an expensive blood pressure monitor, maybe a special notebook to keep the records in, maybe just the right pen.

Medea Benjamin v. President Obama via @democracynow

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During President Obama’s first major counterterrorism address of his second term, he said the United States cannot continue waging what he described as a boundless global war on terror. He also discussed his administration’s efforts to close down the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay. He was repeatedly confronted by CodePink’s Medea Benjamin in the audience, ultimately stopping his speech to address her directly.

On Journalism and Writing: A Conversation with Chris Hedges

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Author and journalist Christopher Hedges speaks of the despair, destruction, love and truth that he found during his long career of covering wars and social justice throughout the world. Hedges is interviewed by Dean Nelson as part of the 17th annual Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University.