{"id":292,"date":"2013-05-16T04:34:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T08:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepeacealliance.org\/?p=292"},"modified":"2013-05-23T15:57:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T19:57:11","slug":"the-audacity-to-wield-power-by-marianne-williamson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/the-audacity-to-wield-power-by-marianne-williamson\/","title":{"rendered":"The Audacity to Wield Power, <i>by Marianne Williamson<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Americans are good people, and at times we can be wise. But we&#8217;re often under-informed by media, misinformed by our government and ill-served by both. Issues are presented to us wrapped in the illusion that we really have much choice in the matter, the issue having first been processed by a corporate and political machinery that determines what we&#8217;re even permitted to consider. 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