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• Helen Gurley Brown Has Died…

  

  The famous Cosmopolitan Magazine editor, Helen Gurley Brown, has died at age 90. Brown died Monday at a hospital in New York after a brief hospitalization. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Moderators for Presidential Debates Announced Today:

  

  And here they are: PBS’ Jim Lehrer will moderate the first presidential debate on Oct. 3 at the University of Denver. Candy Crowley, host of CNN’s “State of... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 SOCIETY

• From the Daily Beast – 7 Fun Facts About Paul Ryan:

  

  Do you suppose this is why Romney’s staff were all opposed to making Ryan the VP candidate? 1. He Sleeps in His Office An unabashed nerd and constant worker,... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Statement from United Wisconsin…

  

  Who knows Ryan better? This from United Wisconsin: “Wisconsin is once again at the epicenter of the battle between big-money special interests and hard-working... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Sunday Farmer’s Market in Shepherdstown…

  

  Since I am trapped in my recliner with my broken bones, Elly has already gone without me over to the Shepherdstown Farmers Market to buy our weekly supply of... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Cartoon(s) of the Week – Is Anything What It Seems?

  

  Drew Sheneman in the Newark Star-Ledger: Reasons or excuses… we’re still in the dark… -and - Joe Heller in the Green Bay Press-Gazette: Danger or stupidity…... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 SOCIETY

• A Lot of the Pain is Gone, but What’s Left is Still Miserable.

  

  It’s the two week anniversary of my fall down the cellar stairs and I continue to stay pretty much immobile in my recliner which I’ve packed with pillows. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Let’s Get to Know More About Paul Ryan…

  

  Factual information is the kind of thing that can blow a hole in a wall of falsification. We have a lot still to learn about Ryan… like these five facts: Now, g... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mitt’s Gaffe of the Day…

  Oops: Romney came out before the rally crowd this morning and introduced “the next president of the United States, Paul Ryan!”As Ryan entered to rousing... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2012 SOCIETY

• The Announcement is Out… Romney Has Picked Ryan

  

  It’s official. Mitt Romney‘s choice for vice president will be Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. It was announced this morning that Ryan, a more conservative... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2012 SOCIETY

• It Seems That the Rich Need the Help of Us Folks in the Middle Class..

  

  Romney has given us a plan!Maybe I’ll be in that group of 125 families that helps support Mitt’s own tax break. What a contribution that would be! 39.430100 -77. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Republican Romney Quote for the Day…

  

  When Romney staffer Andrea Saul told us all that the candidate’s chief accomplishment as governor of Massachusetts was Romneycare, it brought a comment from... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Political Humor Gets Too Close to Reality…

  MoveOn.org has put out a new anti-Romney commercial called “Pickpocket” that went out today in swing states.Funny, yes… but as close to the real potential... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Romney Stuck with Ryan?

  

  Looks like Romney may be stuck with Paul Ryan as VP nominee… not something he originally considered.Here’s a clip from New York Magazine‘s piece on the... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Expressing My Sympathy for Justice Ginsburg…

  

  From the NY Times:This year, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg continued to work after breaking two ribs during one of the Supreme Court’s busiest months, and just a... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Thanks to Suzanne Fleischauer for Her Contribution to This Blog…

  My thanks to Suzanne Fleischauer for her contribution to this blog Thanks, Suzanne. Watch your e-mail, your Bill’s Box Specials font is on the way! Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 SOCIETY

• A Salute to Juan Cole…

  

  In Cole’s blog, Informed Comment, he put out a revealing list this morning on our responses to “terrorists” based on race and ethnicity. I reprint it here:... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Robert Hughes, Art Critic & Historian, Dies at Age 74.

  

  I remember him most for The Shock of the New, his evaluation of 20th century art, and The Fatal Shore, his history of the settling of his native Australia. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Bob Schieffer Sums up Congress Pretty Well…

  

  Bob said this on CBS last Sunday:There will be three more unemployment reports before the election. Congress has gone on vacation for the next five weeks,... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Week – Gaining International Fame…

  

  Thanks to the Extreme Liberal Blog for showing off this one:For his next stop, Romney went to Israel and gave a speech comparing the Palestinian culture... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2012 SOCIETY