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...Organized by the Win Without War coalition, an umbrella group whose members include big names such as the NAACP, the Sierra Club, NOW, Oxfam America and the Rainbow/Push coalition, the "march" took the form of a barrage of faxes and phone calls directed at the phone lines of the White House and selected members of congress. And, perhaps mindful that most callers wouldn't get as far as a "your call is important to us" message, a primary goal was to drown out the drumbeat of war with a busy signal...
...even if it's elusive and even if the term is used brainlessly, evil is still there--a mystery, a black hole into which reason and sunshine vanish but nonetheless ... there. Talk to the children with chopped-off hands in Sierra Leone. It is as fatuous to deny the existence of evil as it is to toss the word around irresponsibly. The children of the Enlightenment sometimes have an inadequate understanding of the possibilities of the Endarkenment. The question is how evil exists, how it works...
...even if it's elusive and even if the term is used brainlessly, evil is still there - a mystery, a black hole into which reason and sunshine vanish but nonetheless ... there. Talk to the children with chopped-off hands in Sierra Leone. It is as fatuous to deny the existence of evil as it is to toss the word around irresponsibly. The children of the Enlightenment sometimes have an inadequate understanding of the possibilities of the Endarkenment. The question is how evil exists, how it works...
...With its latest effort in Tennessee, LES seems especially anxious to avoid a reprise of those controversies. In an unusual move, LES has asked for a greenlight from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission without the usual public comment on various environmental, safety and security issues. But groups like the Sierra Club and the National Resources Defense Council contend that this will simply, "reduce the . . . licensing procedure to a flimsy rubber stamp." LES plans to file its 3,000 page license application with the federal government by January 30, to be followed by a review process that could take at least...
This is the battleground that executives in the Sierra Club probably never see: logging trucks barrel along the highway past greasy diners and gun shops. As major employers, the logging companies wield enormous power over locals, the state government and the Forest Service. So the loggers have no trouble purchasing public and private old-growth forests...