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Thou shalt not

Posted on October 26, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] If it wasn’t evident in my essay, “Watching them die,” about the Associated Press reporter who witnesses executions in Texas, I am opposed to capital punishment. But as I later reflected on my reaction to the New … Continue reading →

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Watching them die

Posted on October 21, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell  I should have been stunned by today’s (October 21, 2009)  New York Times report about a journalist’s attempt at “objectivity” in the face of calculated killing, but I wasn’t. Thirty or so years working in the news industry … Continue reading →

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Pistol-packin’ Monica

Posted on October 8, 2008 by admin

[donation] By Joel Thurtell I’m against the death penalty, so I don’t agree with Monica Conyers that child-killers ought to be executed. Dealt with strictly? Absolutely. But the Detroit City Council President is correct when she says we ought to … Continue reading →

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