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• The Gulag Was Stalin, Not Soviet

  

  This past week I finished reading the book Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer Prize winning effort. I found this book compelling with its... Read more

  The 13 October 2019 by   Paul Phillips
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• Im Peaches and Whatnot

  

  Like most thinking people I’m wondering what’s wrong with our government. If such wrong-doing were so out in the open any of the rest of us would be in jail, bu... Read more

  The 13 October 2019 by   Steveawiggins
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• Warren Wants To Tax Corporations For "Excessive" Lobbying

  

  From Morning Consult: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s most recent tax proposal takes aim at limiting the influence of “excessive”... Read more

  The 13 October 2019 by   Jobsanger
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• Democratic Candidates Speak Out On Climate Change

  

  The Republicans are still denying that climate change exists, or that it is caused by human overuse and misuse of fossil fuels. Read more

  The 13 October 2019 by   Jobsanger
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• Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed: Good News Story

  

  Ethiopia’s leader Abiy Ahmed has received the Nobel Peace Prize. Those prize choices sometimes seem strange, but not this one, it’s a bull’s eye. Read more

  The 12 October 2019 by   Fsrcoin
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• Digital First

  

  Publishers these days are all yammering about being “digital first.” Now, I use technology when I write these days, despite the fact that I am coerced to shut... Read more

  The 12 October 2019 by   Steveawiggins
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• Another Poll Shows Impeachment Support Growing

  

  These charts are from the NPR / PBS NewsHour / Marist Poll -- done between October 3rd and 8th of a national sample of 1,123 adults, with a 3.4 point margin of... Read more

  The 12 October 2019 by   Jobsanger
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• Our Tax System Is Now Regressive And Very Unfair

  

  These charts are from an excellent article in The New York Times by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman. If you care about the U.S. economy and fair taxation, I... Read more

  The 12 October 2019 by   Jobsanger
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• Trump Lies 5 Times In 3 Minutes About Ukraine In Rally

  

  (Photo of Trump at Minnesota rally, from Politico, is by M. Scott Mahaskey.) On Thursday, Donald Trump went to Minnesota for his latest rally. Read more

  The 12 October 2019 by   Jobsanger
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• Shivers – A Minute Meditation on Winter

  

  . Punch (Shivers) December has no less to tell were we only to listen over the clamor of skates and the crack and punch of winter plows. She etches secrets... Read more

  The 11 October 2019 by   Andrew Furst
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