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• Here's Your 9/11 Memorial

  

  At the national memorial in New York, I hope they also include a copy of the Presidential Daily Briefing from August, 2001, telling then-President George W. Bus... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 SOCIETY

• You Wouldn't Think This Would Even Be Possible

  Not only is it possible, however, it is law. The corporations and wealthy paid our representatives to create these laws so it's possible for these things to tak... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Yet More Reasons We Need to End Campaign Contributions

  

  As though there aren't already enough reasons to end the obscenity that is the campaign contributions of our election and government system--a lot I've written... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 SOCIETY

• A "Christian Nation"?

  

  "While attention is focused on Syria, food stamps for the nation’s poor are about to be cut. So are funds for low-income housing. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 SOCIETY

• The Local Connection to the "The Wizard of Oz"?

  

  From Facebook today, Typo Magazine and my younger brother, Thad , with thanks: This intersection sits at the entrance of, Cosby, MO. This may seem like a... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Missouri?

  

  Have you no shame? If you have any doubt, it's from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual report on food insecurity: Of al... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Message, Song and Dance for Kansas Governor Sam Brownback

  Based on this news from a Kansas City Star article: Kansas tax collections in August continue downward slide Most of us have only one thing to say to you,... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Terrific Points/questions and Food for Thought About Syria and a Possible...

  From Robert Reich: Cliff notes on a potentially disastrous decision: (1) Were Syrian civilians killed by chemical weapons? Yes. (2) How many? Estimates vary. (3... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Further Proof on the Good of "Obamacare"--and a Great Question for Kansans and...

  The Right Wingers are going to hate this little gem: Kaiser study finds 'lower than expected' ObamaCare premiums And from Forbes, the Right Wing, Conservative,... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Syria, War and What Our Government Should Be Doing (guest Quote)

  "While all eyes are on Syria and America’s response, the real economy in which most Americans live is sputtering. More than four years after the recession... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Our Elections and Government Aren't Already Too Flush with Money

  

  Now there's a chance the Supreme Court will make our campaign contribution extravaganzas even worse. I just got this email this week: In less than a month, the... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Two Thoughts on a Possible Syrian War

  

  Number one: Number two: Wish us luck. We're going to need it. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--on the Internet, Computers and Us

  In theory the Internet, along with its kindred advances, should expand our horizons, speeding us to aesthetic and intellectual territories we haven’t charted... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Labor Day, 2013

  

  "Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 SOCIETY

• The Real Question Today, as We Consider Attacking Yet Another Nation

  "...have we learned nothing? Time and again over the last half century American presidents have justified so-called surgical strikes because the nation's... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2013 SOCIETY

• The Costs of War

  6723 - Number of Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn casualties as confirmed by U.S. Central Command. Six thousand seven hundred... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2013 SOCIETY

• American Foreign Policy, Explained

  

  And/but it's "their" fault. With thanks to The Economist for the cartoon. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 SOCIETY

• When Your Only Tool is a Hammer...

  

  ...every problem looks like a nail: America, the world's warmonger. Link to watch "War Made Easy" (2007): http://www.filmsforaction. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Let the Second-guessing and Criticism Begin...

  

  Obama Will Seek Syria Vote in Congress As has already been said elsewhere, President Obama should come out for air and oxygen. Republicans would suffocate.... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Entertainment Overnight

  Think how antithetical this is to the way we view prisons and prisoners in this country: And then there's the acutely appropriate lyrics: "All I really wanna'... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 SOCIETY