Magical Thinking: Supreme Court Justices and the Presidents Who Pick Them The quintessential lesser evil dodge In the litany of “reasons” trotted out to “hold your nose and vote for Hillary,” one stands head and shoulders above the others. Sure she may be as flawed as many progressives make her out to be: a neo-liberal […]
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Accent on October There’s not much time left. The “really big” election is a month away, and with it the opportunity for each and every one of us to exercise our democratic franchise and vote for the candidate reflection and contemplation convince us is the right man or woman for the job. Except it isn’t […]
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Why America is No Longer Beating the Clock To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men [and women] [Abraham Lincoln] We are not enemies but friends. Though passions may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will yet swell the chorus of the […]
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The Company He (and She) Keep “A man is known by the company he keeps” —Aesop Particularly if He and She keep the same company. Take the strange case of the Obama-Clinton-Clinton’s (Bill was the launching pad where many serial offenders first dipped into the golden money pot) bewildering maze of interconnected “heavies”— cheerleaders, campaign […]
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Why Going Green May Be Good For Your Health The Democratic party is the party of the people…Labor had but one friend in politics and this is the Democratic Party…Today we are now the defenders of …democracy and of equal opportunity, the haven of the ordinary people of the land and not of the favored […]
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To Debate or Not… How Political Elites Have Corrupted the Debate Process and Are Cheating Voters “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful… to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” (George Orwell “Politics and the English Language, 1946) Ever wonder why recent presidential debates fail to live up to their pre-broadcast […]
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Why Democrats Need to Get Off the Blame Nader Kick Before the Republicans Blow Their House Down Again Drum roll, please. The orchestra is tuning up and soon we’ll be on Memory Lane humming the chorus of that unforgettable golden-oldie “The Ralph Nader Blues” (AKA ”I Promise Never to Vote My Conscience Again.”) A funny […]
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