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	<description>Writings of Gavin C. Schmitt</description>
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		<title>Empire Strikes First: The Next Four Years (Part One)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like it or not, the time has come to face the next four years. We must look back on the last four and ask ourselves, &#8220;Do we really want to do this again?&#8221; For some of us (this columnist included), we must ask if we want to do it the first time &#8212; that is, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empire Strikes First: 2012, A Tilted Axis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the American government had released a &#8220;Ten Most Wanted&#8221; list in January 2011, three names would surely have made the cut: Osama bin Laden, Muammar Gadhafi and Kim Jong-Il. One year later, the world has shifted and likely changed for the better. Let us take this time to reflect on the new world ahead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empire Strikes First: United States v. Jones</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would you say if you were informed today that your every move for the past month had been monitored by the government? They had a record of the stores you shop at, the bars and restaurants you hang out in, and know to whose houses you visit. Did you make any embarrassing purchases? Do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Case For Socialism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alan Maass&#8217; 2004 The Case for Socialism (an updated version of the 2001 Why You Should Be a Socialist) purports to be an expose of the capitalist system and a way to convince people to become socialists and community activists. And, in some ways, it achieves these ends: Maass presents a variety of statistics and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empire Strikes First: Occupy Wall Street</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2011 is shaping up to be the year of the protest, the time when ordinary Americans &#8212; laborers, teachers, police, those struggling for work &#8212; are finally banding together to let their voices be heard, and &#8220;fighting the power&#8221;. And it all began right here in Wisconsin as a reaction to Governor Walker&#8217;s stripping of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abraham Lincoln: Hypocrite and Dictator</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln, our sixteenth president, is widely regarded as one of the greatest leaders in this nation&#8217;s history. Some would argue he is not only one of the greatest, but the quintessential leader. But what do we base these beliefs on? His freeing of the slaves? His win over the South during the Civil War? [...]]]></description>
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