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Drugs; We just Can’t Get it Right

Posted on May 1, 2012 by The Urban Curmudgeon

I hate to go back and beat dead horses but when even senile idiots like Pat Robertson can see that one of our most costly and nationally debilitating processes is a disaster it’s time for those in more functional positions to get

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Contraception & the Church

Posted on March 21, 2012 by The Urban Curmudgeon

The Newtish one really screwed the pooch on Meet the Press, when he accused President Obama of being at war with the Catholic Church. It seems that the Newted thing, joined later by the other GOP candidates,  took a quote from Cardinal

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Posted in Social Commentary Tagged Cardinal Dolan, Newt Gingrisg

On Contraception

Posted on February 24, 2012 by The Urban Curmudgeon

Well, the Newtish one really screwed the pooch on Meet the Press, when he accused President Obama of being at war with the Catholic Church. It seems that the Newted thing, joined later by the other GOP candidates,  took a quote from

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Posted in Social Commentary Tagged Cardinal Dolan, contraception, The Catholic Church

Three Little Pieces

Posted on December 16, 2011 by The Urban Curmudgeon

I was checking out MoveOn.com’s  The Daily Share and came across three of the most moving pieces that I have seen in years.  What made them interesting is that the were each moving for a different reason and in a different way.

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Why Are We Angry With Banks?

Posted on November 6, 2011 by The Urban Curmudgeon

Why Are we so Angry With banks? A good question. We need banks; they have always been an integral part of our economic blueprint and when they are functioning correctly they provide needed services. So what’s the problem? Well the problem is

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Posted in Social Commentary Tagged banks

Bits & Pieces #16

Posted on November 3, 2011 by The Urban Curmudgeon

What is wrong with the NYC police? Overnight they have gone from a respected, model organization to a bunch of stupid thugs. The arrest of Naomi Wolf the other night is just outrageous and must reflect badly on the department. Ray Kelly

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Posted in Politics, Social Commentary Tagged David Stockman, Public Banks, Ray Kelly.Ken Burns, Ron Paul, tax hlidays

We Should All Doubt Thomas

Posted on October 29, 2011 by The Urban Curmudgeon

A little noticed story appeared on page 20 of the 11/25 New York Times. Popular NPR, All Things Considered, co-host Michelle Norris will be leaving her post on the show until after the 2012 presidential elections because he husband Broderick Johnson will

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Posted in Politics, Social Commentary Tagged Claence Thomas, Michelle Norris, Supreme Court

Those Old Abortion Blues

Posted on October 18, 2011 by The Urban Curmudgeon

I know the anti-abortion forces think they’re on a mission from God and that’s what’s so depressing.  I mean if they want to replace logic with faith in their own lives that’s their business, it’s when they decide that they know what’s

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Posted in Social Commentary Tagged abortion, Katie Stack

Moral Behavior in an Immoral World

Posted on September 30, 2011 by The Urban Curmudgeon

A study by University of Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith has turned up evidence that 18 to 23 year-olds have almost no grasp of what constitutes a moral decision or indeed what place morality has in our lives or our society. Is

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Posted in Social Commentary Tagged Christian Smith, morality, University of Notre Dame

Global What?

Posted on August 24, 2011August 24, 2011 by The Urban Curmudgeon

I keep wanting to write about global warming but I also abhor the concept of trying to make the great intellectually unwashed understand that it’s real. I mean how do you write stuff to people who don’t read? So I decided to

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Posted in Social Commentary Tagged hydrophonic, R&D

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