Ebola Can Make You Dumb
Ebola Can make You Dumb Well, it happened. It finally happened and right wing fanatics from Florida to Arizona fell to their knees and gave thanks to a God who has made their wildest dreams come true. Yes, Ebola is here. It
Category: Social Commentary
The Curse of Yellow Journalism
There are times when you just can’t get it right, when you just can’t please anyone, let alone everyone. Arthur L.Caplan’s column in the 8/6/14 Washington Post is a perfect example of that. The piece us titled, Why do
Immigration: It Never Ends
The Republicans, led by Botched up Boehner, have decided that there isn’t enough traction in the immigration question to get them through the 2014 election. This is mainly because they realize that their position won’t get them any new votes, especially from
Bits & Pieces #47
Watched a commercial for Koch Industries the other day on which they bragged about being all over the nation (like a huge octopus), and how they have created over 60,000 jobs for Americans. This is the biggest privately owned company in
The Reality of Union Opposition
There’s a lot o noise being made this week about Democratic advisors and appointees, leaving the administration and hooking up with anti union organizations. One is David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager, who is joining Uber, a limo service that
Smoke and Mirrors
America desperately needs heroes. It always has and it seems that it always will and when those heroes don’t present themselves through good deed or spectacular performance we tend to create them. Such is the case in our current racial
Murder By Cop
The nation is aflame over the killings of two black men by police. This is as it should be but if you are reading this you will have to realize that I am guilty of exactly what I am
Kill Coal Before Coal Kills Us
Elizabeth Warren in heading to West Virginia to campaign for Natalie Tennant is getting flack from both Tennant’s GOP opponent Shelly Capito and Tennant herself. The big noise is, of course, about coal. Warren is a deadly enemy of that
Bits & Pieces #46
In the midst of the whole Bergdahl mess another pair of lost sheep have come to the fore. In 2012 Caitlin Coleman, who was pregnant and her husband Joshua Boyle decided that it was a constructive idea to go hiking around
Patriots: Our National Disgrace
This Friday July 4, 2014, I sat in Avery Fischer Hall at Lincoln Center and listened joyfully as the NY Philharmonic, about one hundred strong, played a brilliant version of the National Anthem. As I listened, all I could think