The Populist Quarterly
The Official Magazine of the Populist Party
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Some Thoughts about Jesus, the Church, My Country, & the War
by Doug Soderstrom, Ph.D.
Likely the most controversial individual in the history of the world is Jesus, known by many to be The Christ.  And no doubt everyone, young and old, rich or poor, liberals, conservatives, those who are religious, atheists, agnostics; nearly everyone is likely to have an opinion of Jesus.  One poll, celebrating the beginning of the second millennium, pointed out that Jesus Christ, more than anyone else, is responsible for how people in the Western World think.  Without a doubt this fellow from the city of Nazareth in an area known as Galilee has provided us with much to think about.  Although the man is regarded to be a prophet by each and every one of the great religions of the world, we appear to be on the verge of killing each other for no other reason than our inability to agree on who this man is, what he stood for, and how it is that he would like for us to conduct our lives!
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A Word at War
by Lonnie D. Story
Yes, I said a "word" at war, not a world at war.  However, one is not far from the other.  Our world, not just as an American society, but the world, as a whole, has been developed by words.  Under the cover and umbrella of language, words have shaped the past, present and future of mankind.  The Biblical example of Babylon, from hence we get the term to "Babble on" was derived, exemplifies the importance, significance and foundational stone of a word's value.  In the Tower of Babel experience, it was the language, the word, that was the Pandora's box to higher knowledge and understanding and equally, the demise.
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Democratizing the World: One Torture Victim at a Time
by Jason Miller
Psychological torture, sleep deprivation, brutality, severe sexual humiliation, and murder summon visions of a dank dungeon in a remote region of pre-invasion Iraq, Iran, or North Korea, replete with evil inquisitors and hooded executioners. However, those manifestations of horror did not spring forth from the Axis of Evil. They are actually drawn from official post-9/11 US policy. Despite its fabled commitment to human rights, the United States government has been committing and enabling acts of torture for half a century. Not even Superman had the power to snatch "Truth, Justice and the American Way" from the crushing jaws of imperialistic ambition and avarice.
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Is the Death of Freedom a Worthwhile Price for Security?
by Steve Osborn
The American People are a strong people, used to standing up for what they believe in, helping the underdog and taking pride in their independence and their freedom. They have been unafraid to voice their minds and, in several wars, have thrown the cream of their manhood into combat and mobilized their mighty industrial strength, regardless of the cost, to make the world a better place.  We have prided ourselves on our democracy. Our Constitution and Bill of Rights have been used as models for many nations seeking a new beginning. Our Declaration of Independence has rung down through the ages.
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