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Peter Laarman

Peter Laarman is a United Church of Christ minister who served as senior minister of New York's Judson Memorial Church and then as executive director of LA's Progressive Christians Uniting before retiring in 2014. He remains deeply involved in national and regional social justice projects touching on race, class, and religion.

Politics/LawFebruary 23, 2009

Why Is Obama Reaching Out to Ravening Wolves?

By Peter Laarman

If Obama keeps his eye on the conservative fiscal prizes, like cutting Social Security for example, he’ll be on the express train to the dustbin of history.

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Culture, Politics/LawFebruary 4, 2009

Daschle Is Gone—But the Stench of Insider Corruption Lingers

By Peter Laarman

While it’s good that Obama won’t have this rotten apple in his administration it does nothing about the tree.

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