I read today that Rick Sanchez, a personality on CNN, was fired Friday over remarks that he made in an interview with Pete Dominick on Sirius Radio. Before going further, I want to make it perfectly clear that I have … Continue reading →
Following up on the previous post, in which Charles Freeman decries the militarization of foreign policy, I offer this piece that I found on the Who What Why website, a new site to me. There is another essay at that … Continue reading →
Remember Charles Freeman? The man that President Obama wanted for the position of the Chair of the National Intelligence Council? The man who was forced to decline the nomination because of a withering attack by the beltway pundits who did … Continue reading →
It seems as though the Tea Party people are still hot on the trail of socialism and communism in this country. Good luck finding any of either, unless they are looking for socialism for the rich. They’ll find plenty of … Continue reading →
Joel Pett is a cartoonist whose work frequently appears in the newspaper, USA Today. This particular cartoon appeared on December 7, 2009.
Continue reading →A friend sent me an amusing list of quotes that was entitled, “When Insults Had Class”. Here are some that apply to the Tea Baggers, who are heading for the cliff in their venomous denunciations of any and all persons … Continue reading →
I subscribe to a feed from Off-Grid, a source of information for people who are into self-sufficiency, gardening, building their own homes, photovoltaics, solar energy, and related topics. The most recent issue to land in my in-box featured a link … Continue reading →
I usually agree with Jim Wallis, though I often wish that he would go further in his critique of the current order. But, as he says in the following article, he is a conservative Christian (and I am not). As … Continue reading →
For your enlightenment, Ellen Goodman interviews Alex Gibney, director of the movie, Casino Jack and the United States of Money at the headquarters of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah:
Continue reading →It appears to this cantankerous contrarian that the American people might just be starting to wake up, courtesy of the five radicals on the Supreme Court who ruled that corporations can spend freely on political campaigns because corporations have First … Continue reading →