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Why Trump’s John Lewis Tweet Was Implicitly Racist

A graduate of the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, George Payne teaches philosophy at Finger Lakes Community College and is the founder of Gandhi Earth Keepers International. Why Trump’s

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Obama’s Farewell Warning is a Challenge to All Citizens

A graduate of the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, a philosophy professor at Finger Lakes Community College and the founder of Gandhi Earth Keepers International, George Payne has in the

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Orleans County hears from George: “Trump botches chance after Paladino outrage”

Talker writers have been on a letter writing roll. Nighan appeared in the Atlantic Magazine and the City Newspaper. Kramer in the New York Times. Payne in the Buffalo News and the Albany Times

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Albany hears from George: “No time to remain silent in wake of Trump win”

Recently, the Buffalo News printed George Payne’s letter, “Trump doesn’t understand why America’s already great.” Yesterday, the Albany Times Union printed, “No time to

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Trump’s Brand of Christianity is a Threat to the First Amendment

A graduate of the Rochester Colgate Crozer Divinity School, George Payne teaches philosophy at Finger Lake Community College and Niagara County Community College. He is the founder of Gandhi

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New York Times prints our response to “Time to End the Electoral College”

In response to Tuesday’s (12/20/16) “Time to End the Electoral College,” today the Times printed our response under the general headline: Get Rid of the Electoral College? This

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Buffalo hears from George: “Trump doesn’t understand why America’s already great”

This morning I got my one dollar’s worth when buying The Buffalo News at Topps in Loehman’s Plaza in Brighton. Throughout the year, you’ve seen George Payne’s photographs

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The electoral year in review. Getting Trumped.

Trumps “State of the Union” from the 7-Eleven Donald Trump Boxing and Talking Pen Like so many, I didn’t see Trump’s victory coming. I drank too much

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Why Trump’s John Lewis Tweet Was Implicitly Racist

Obama’s Farewell Warning is a Challenge to All Citizens

Orleans County hears from George: “Trump botches chance after Paladino outrage”

Albany hears from George: “No time to remain silent in wake of Trump win”

Trump’s Brand of Christianity is a Threat to the First Amendment

New York Times prints our response to “Time to End the Electoral College”

Buffalo hears from George: “Trump doesn’t understand why America’s already great”

The electoral year in review. Getting Trumped.

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