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• On the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

  

  Things that need to be remembered today, on this anniversary: The Right Wing and Republicans who wrap their arms so squarely around Martin Luther King now--or,... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 SOCIETY

• In Remembrance

  

  In case you don't know the story: Emmett Till - Wikipedia Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Here's Your Guns, America

  

  (click on picture to enlarge) And that's just one weekend. As if that's not enough, more here: GUN REPORT - Joe Nocera's Blog Lots more. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Kansas City, Fort Riley, Jackie Robinson, Racism and American History

  

  Interesting things I ran into last evening on a friend's FB page: In 1942, before he was a baseball legend, Jackie Robinson was drafted and assigned to a... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 SOCIETY

• The God of Nothing...

  ...if that's all that you can see People -- what have you done -- Locked Him in His golden cage. Made Him bend to your religion -- Him resurrected from the... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Entertainment Overnight

  Goodness Gracious is there nothing left to say? When the ones that get to keep looking are the ones that look away It's pabulum for the sleepers in the cult of... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Why "wealth Distribution" Matters

  

  The wealthy are pocketing the benefits of all of our working our tails off, folks. More here: A Decade of Flat Wages: The Key Barrier to Shared Prosperity Just ... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--on the Nation, the Economy, the World Economy the...

  

  The economy, if you hadn't noticed, is slowing -- and not just in the U.S. China and India, two of the world's major economic engines in recent years, are... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 SOCIETY

• The Warming, Even Hot, Drying Earth

  

  It's not just the ice caps and glaciers shrinking that are the problem, as we keep learning. 51 uncontained wildfires in the US right now. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Observations, August, 2013

  Observation No. 1 People punish honesty. Observation No. 2: Our machines, our computers, our pocket phones, more than anything, are turning us into a nation of... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Hope, Straight from the Very "Red", Right Wing, Republican Southwest Missouri

  Straight from the local newspaper who must try to keep these people happy and/or reading: Medicare for all is GOP's best bet In the short term, we Republicans... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 SOCIETY

• So Let Me Get This Straight...

  

  People are against competition in the marketplace for healthcare so we get lower, more fair, more realistic and affordable costs? Isn't that being against... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 SOCIETY

• At the End of This Presidency

  

  With the last few years of President Obama's tenure in the White House, I'm hoping--big time--that he'll take at least a few important, rather monumental moment... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 SOCIETY

• The Problem--and a Solution--of Our Health Care System

  I've written here many times on how our American health care system is, insanely and without morals, the most expensive health care system in the world. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Another Republican, This One from Missouri, No Less, Making Us So Proud

  

  The stupid. It burns. Missouri legislator files suit to be exempted from contraception mandate in state health plan Said another, better way, at the same... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--on This Life, Living and This World

  “It’s just an accident that we happen to be on earth, enjoying our silly little moments, distracting ourselves as often as possible so we don’t have to really... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2013 SOCIETY

• "People Who Are Ruining America"

  Thank you, Stephen Colbert and Colbert Nation: Link: Vicco, Smallest Town In Kentucky, Passes LGBT Non-Discrimination ... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Something the Pope and Catholic Church Did So Rightly, Back in 1839

  

  But that was totally, utterly ignored by the rest of the world: In 1839, Gregory wrote that: [W]e have judged that it belonged to Our pastoral solicitude to... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 SOCIETY

• The Types of People the Voter ID Laws Effect

  

  Let's see, female, check; handicapped, check; elderly, check; possibly even Hispanic--that way they'd get a four-way win. The Republican strategy: If you can't... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--on the National Deficit

  

  So, why, exactly, can't we have a jobs bill for Americans, especially so we can repair our infrastructure? Seriously. Link to original article--get it all... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 SOCIETY