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Jacqueline Marcus

Jacqueline Marcus is the author of Close to the Shore (Michigan State University Press). She taught philosophy at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, and is the editor of ForPoetry.com.

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	Views Thursday, September 26, 2013 Message to Corporate Media Reporters: What’s "Natural" about Colorado’s Epic Flooding? It’s A Man-Made Pollution Problem Read more
	Views Thursday, August 25, 2011 The D.C. Earthquake Makes For an Alarming Case against the Keystone Pipeline The August 23 rd earthquake that rocked D.C. all the way up to Martha’s Vineyard where the President is vacationing should be an alarming wake up call to President Obama on how easily a crude oil pipeline can rupture from a crushing earthquake. Read more
	Views Thursday, August 11, 2011 Why Did Obama Choose Oil Money Over Struggling Polar Bears Facing Extinction? At some point, there has to be a line drawn between corporate profits and the sanctity of life. True, these are extremely hard times for the majority of jobless Americans, and the harder it gets for them financially speaking, the easier it becomes for the oil and coal executives to get their way, which doesn’t take much when they’ve successfully corrupted legislators to such a far-reaching extent that it’s easy to prove there is no distinction between the U.S. Read more