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Agitate, America!: Are you happy with the sequestration?

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary I understand sequestration to be intentionally designed to reduce the deficit, with cuts so bluntly
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May 15, 2013 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 4 Comments

Agitate, America!: We can get money out of politics

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary Just in time for you to sign on to something that will clean up the
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May 1, 2013 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | Comments (0)

Agitate, America!: What we allow is what will continue

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary A few attention-getters in my in-box today that somehow seem related: “The rise in
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April 17, 2013 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 2 Comments

Agitate, America!: How good can it get?

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary Note: The following is part two of two parts, written originally on Nov. 26, 2010.
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March 13, 2013 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 1 Comment

Agitate, America!: How bad can it get?

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary Note: The following is part one of two parts, written originally on Nov. 26, 2010.
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February 27, 2013 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 1 Comment

Agitate, America!: Missive from a corporate universe

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary The following is “The Fictional Declaration of Sovereignty by Corporations of the World”: When, in the
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February 13, 2013 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | Comments (0)

Agitate, America!: It’s all Obama’s fault

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary “It’s all Barack Obama’s fault!” right-leaning pundits thunder on the eve of the inaugural, warning
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January 30, 2013 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 6 Comments

Agitate, America!: ‘Right-to-work’ takes aim at unions

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary Union-bashing is all the conservative rage these days. In an article clearly designed to turn
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January 16, 2013 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 6 Comments

Agitate, America!: ‘The end of the world’: Time for change is now

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary According to the Mayan calendar, the world ended Dec. 21, 2012. Well, we’re still here,
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January 2, 2013 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 2 Comments

Agitate, America!: JFK’s tax cuts

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary Pundits on the right, like Rush Limbaugh, have taken to cleverly cherry-picking John F. Kennedy’s
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December 19, 2012 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 1 Comment

Agitate, America!: Let’s get along: Finding common political ground

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary I’m tired of the vitriol. I want to find common ground with reasonable conservatives of
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December 5, 2012 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | Comments (0)

Agitate, America!: ‘Big Money’ loses election

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary Who knew that an America election could degenerate into an endurance contest? That non-violent resistance
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November 21, 2012 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 5 Comments

Agitate, America!: Preserve Starved Rock State Park!

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary If you have not enjoyed the serene beauty of Starved Rock State Park, one of
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November 7, 2012 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 1 Comment

Agitate, America!: The United States: A history of cognitive dissonance

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary Cognitive dissonance: rationalizing away disharmony by inventing comfortable illusions in situations that create conflict with
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October 24, 2012 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 2 Comments

Agitate, America!: The Environmental Protection Agency was a Republican idea

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary The Republicans’ economic policy seems to be to champion what’s good for American global corporations
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October 10, 2012 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 2 Comments

Agitate, America!: An alternate universe: A government of ‘Takers’ and ‘Makers’

By Nancy Churchill A Progressive Visionary Republicans define “Big Government,” which they aim to eliminate, as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, low-interest
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September 26, 2012 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary | 1 Comment

Agitate, America!: Election 2012 could prove we’re a stupid dog nation

By Nancy Churchill This election cycle reminds me of a brilliant, satirical animated cartoon, “Two Stupid Dogs,” created by Donovan Cook
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September 19, 2012 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Agitate, America!: Money, lies and voter suppression

By Nancy Churchill Local resident, former stockcar racer What a drag democracy is for the 1 percent and their Republican accomplices. Their
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August 29, 2012 | Also published in Agitate, America!> Commentary> Guest Column | 5 Comments

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