Why Social Security?
Conservatives have declared war against Social Security in their quest to "restore" the fiscal responsibility they themselves have never practiced. Unfortunately, conservative strategy almost always...
View ArticleThis Should Not Be a Political Fight
What was a vague apprehension for most and a prediction for some has finally become all too real. Now it's something that no one can take it back.The political promoters have been strategizing and...
View ArticleKEPCO, the new TEPCO?
Since the Great Earthquake and subsequent blow up of Fukushima Daiichi power reservation many of the Japanese nuclear reactors have been shutdown for inspections and regulatory approval before resuming...
View ArticleThe message
The OWS in NYC seems to be settling in after the police unwelcome and going about the business of making it's points and clarifying it's messages. Elsewhere the Occupation forces have been met with...
View ArticleOccupy Nashville Safe (for now)
The Occupy Nashville folks received word today that the occupation is safe for the moment.In a surprise victory for Occupy Nashville today, the state of Tennessee declined to defend the governor's...
View ArticleNYT Opinion on the sequester
I have a difficult time grasping the concept of billions of dollars. Sometimes I think I'm close but it remains elusive. I have a million down pretty well, although a trillion dollars is totally...
View ArticleAmerica: So NOT Post Racial
This is an excellent piece by Cord Jefferson from Gawker. The Year in Racial Amnesia is a powerful read and well worth your time.
View ArticleCandidate wars aside, a question.
My current status is undecided so I’m in information seeking mode. My process has encountered a question that, at least for me, must be worked out before I can come to a committed position. The search...
View ArticleWhat It All Means
With the 2016 Iowa caucus in the books we can now know the truth.[ This guy ] really gets it. He knows of what he speaks. He’s smart, experienced, gets invited on TV a lot, and is often quoted by the...
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Trump, Turmoil, & Turnout: This Isn't Your Father's Politics
Now that the voting has begun there is much debate and a good deal of angst in comparing the rates at which Republicans are showing in the nomination process vs. the Democratic turnout. By traditional...
View ArticleDenial Is A River
You just can’t make this stuff up. From Slate’s William Saletan:“We’ve heard this kind of alarmism before,” a senior Republican senator told Slate, responding to warnings that a Trump nomination would...
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