For the Economy’s Sake, Let Belief in Science Be This Election’s Litmus Test
At a time when we are sending our young men and women to the Middle East to free Afghanis from 9th century fundamentalist ignorance, it is ironic and very wrong when the … Continue reading
Protest By Flash Mob: The Web Reinvents Econ-Political Unrest from Cairo to Cleveland
From Egypt to the streets of suburban Cleveland, the Internet is reshaping how the young, from the disenfranchised to the bored and angry, gather, vent their rage and express themselves. … Continue reading
Is There A Leader Amongst Us?
Dr. Cornel West, author and professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, and TV/radio talk host Tavis Smiley have created a lot of debate by criticizing President Obama’s leadership on … Continue reading
Be Careful of the Beast You Starve: It May Be You
Our bureaucratic beast has been starved,and now it’s angry, hungry and looking for payback. We’ve deprived it of revenue, the Federal Income Tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans don’t add … Continue reading
Don’t like the Message? Shoot the Messenger
Shooting the messenger is not merely a literary metaphor for punishing the bearer of bad news. Lately it seems to be the way that those in power, whether it be … Continue reading
A Moment of Reflection on Government Policy and the Real World, with Whales.
I sit in front of a panoramic window, looking out at the vastness of the Pacific, after a few days of holiday that, perhaps aptly, was taken as the crisis … Continue reading
Who is Behind the Union-Busting “Club for Growth” Pushing the Tea Party into a Phony Debt Crisis?
Even though, in the hours following the Monday pitches to America by President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, the Congress was flooded with phone calls and emails that locked … Continue reading
America Held Hostage by the Tea Party – Rewriting the U.S. Constitution at Gunpoint
“Your Constitution or your life!” The Tea Party Teahadis are trying to radically rewrite the government in their image, using the drop dead date of the debt disaster as their … Continue reading
Let’s Talk About Debts, Ceilings and Politics
Ok, so you would literally have to have been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks if you haven’t heard the words debt and ceiling together in … Continue reading
Liberals Need to Trust Mr. Obama’s Handling of Debt and the GOP
James Bond at the baccarat table. James Garner bluffing his way through a crooked poker game in a dusty Western saloon. We love the idea of the hero knocking … Continue reading
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