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Documentary Review: The Movement and the Madman
by Rachel MacNair In the title, “The Movement and the Madman,” the “movement” is the peace movement trying to stop the American war in Vietnam. To be more precise, it was the Moratorium demonstrations in October and November of 1969. The “madman” is Richard Nixon, and it’s not intended as a mere insult. It’s…
Better Living (for men) Through Surgery (for women)
This was first published in Sisterlife, the newsletter of Feminists for Life of America, Fall 1989. It was reprinted in the book ProLife Feminism: Yesterday and Today. by Leslie Keech (1954-1989) We are all used to it by now: the media establishment portraying prolifers as insensitive, sexist clods, while…
Racism Kills: Several Perspectives
Quotations compiled in PowerPoint by Rachel MacNair Feel free to copy and paste any you find suitable in your social media. Keeping You & Your Kids Sexually Pure , p. 86 The Poor Cry Out for Justice, and We Respond with Legalized Abortion “Is It Too Late?” 1971 Speech of Fannie Lou Hamer …
Scientific Integrity Problems – Psychology
The following letter (lightly edited) was sent in December, 2021. Membership Department, American Psychological Association (APA) Dear colleagues: I have been a member since 1996, and have (for identification only) served as membership chair and 2013 president of Division 48, peace psychology. I tolerated having occasional disagreements with APA organizational policy because this was my…
Zoom Conference: April 24, 2021
Various people took screenshots and offer reflections. Bill Samuel Sen. Katrina Jackson was a really inspiring keynote speaker. The spirit she exudes is wonderful and it set the tone for the conference. The other speakers I heard from the workshops I attended and the closing session were also excellent. Those planning it did a great…
Death Penalty Jurisprudence of Former Missouri Supreme Court Judge Laura Denvir Stith
Author’s note: I recently retired from the Supreme Court of Missouri after serving as a judge of that court for 20 years. My brother, Richard Stith, a member of the Consistent Life Network, thought its members would be interested in learning about some of the death penalty decisions and dissents which I wrote while a…