The Way of Ignorance
For a number of years, I had read about Wendell Berry, but I had never read anything written by him. That changed earlier this year, when I read an interview of him in The Sun Magazine. I’m not one to … Continue reading →
Yearly Archives: 2008
Stiglitz on Bushonomics
When the financial crisis dramatically worsened in September of this year, there was a great deal of interest in trying to figure out what had happened. Blogs were full of posts that “explained” the crisis, in verbiage that few could … Continue reading →
Imagine
Bill Moyers on Obama
Update December 14, 2008: For those who tried to watch this video and found that when they clicked on the arrow that the message “This video has been removed due to terms of use violation” appeared, please know that the … Continue reading →
A Day In the Life of Joe the Plumber
I found this piece on the Liberals Like Christ blog. It was originally entitled “A Day in the Life of Joe Average Conservative”, but I’ve changed the title to reflect the times. It was written by John Gray, of Cincinnati, … Continue reading →
Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Racism in America
I’ve written before about racism on this blog and will continue to do so, though not in an accusatory manner. I try, from time to time, to illuminate the fundamental injustice of racism in America. If you subscribe to the … Continue reading →
A Useful Corrective to Limbaugh-nomics
Adam Smith, the economic God that the right wing worships, did not espouse the ideas that the right wing so often claims when they invoke their tired talking point of the “invisible hand”. Now that Barack Obama has been elected … Continue reading →
How to Talk to a Conservative
Sara Robinson is one of my favorite writers. She wields a very sharp pen and pokes huge holes in the tired talking points of those who have been brainwashed by the likes of Hannity, Limbaugh and O’Reilly. Not that any … Continue reading →
A Generational Anthem
In years past, a family tradition was to play Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant Thanksgiving Day Massacre every year at Thanksgiving, much to my younger brother’s dislike. Perhaps that is because the song is only truly appreciated by someone who was … Continue reading →
The Yellow Ribbon Syndrome
One of the many phenomena in contemporary America which puzzle me is the abundance of yellow ribbons that say “Support Our Troops” on vehicles everywhere I go. If anyone has the temerity to state that they support the troops by … Continue reading →