I have long been fascinated with the rise of authoritarianism in this country – there are a number of links on the sidebar of this blog that direct interested readers to more information on the subject of authoritarianism. The following … Continue reading →
Are you confused by all the noise surrounding the passage of Obama’s health care reform bill? Would you like to educate yourself about the issue? You can do that, but it requires the ability to read and think, both sorely … Continue reading →
As the banking industry consolidated in the late 1990s, the bank that I had been with for years became some other bank and then another bank before it ended up being Bank of America. I left Bank of America when … 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 →
I recently had occasion to painfully recall the line, “Especially, do not feign affection”, from the well-known poem Desiderata, which was very popular in the late 1960s and which achieved even more popularity when the talk-show host, Les Crane, recorded … Continue reading →
Leonard Cohen’s famous song, Anthem, has the oft-quoted line, “There is a crack, a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” We would all benefit if we took his words to heart.
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:
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