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• I Love the New Ad Slogan for Apple Computer

  

  That's beautiful, isn't it? Clearly a shameless ploy to get us thinking it's all done here in the States. The second part of the ad should closely follow with:... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Kentucky: It Sucks to Be You

  

  How embarrassing would that be to have Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul as your state's two senators in Washington, supposed to lead you while also having the... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Yet More Good Indicators on "Obamacare"

  Every article that comes out, showing how states and the people of the country are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act, aka, "Obamacare" warm my heart and... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Protecting Chimpanzees, at Last

  

  I saw this article in The New York Times this past Sunday: Goal of Broader Protection for Chimpanzees Emerges From Changing Perspectives And suddenly, suddenly... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 SOCIETY

• One Billion Dollar Weather Disaster in the US

  Listening to the Weather Channel last evening, with a lot of thunderstorm warnings all around my new 'burg--yet again--the announcers mentioned that the last... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 SOCIETY

• What Americans Don't Know About Health Care

  

  There is a terrific article today in The New York Times about health care in America--and Sweden. I contend that virtually all Americans should read it--with... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ladies and Gentlemen, Your US Congress

  

  The following productivity--or, rather, lack of it--comes to us all courtesy of our own US Congress: This, among other things, is what campaign contributions an... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 SOCIETY

• On Corporate Profits, Human Greed and Why We Need Government

  

  The Supreme Court's ruling yesterday -- that human genes cannot be patented, but that patents can be had on scientific discoveries altering genes' natural state... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--on Power in America

  

  There are two centers of unaccountable power in the American political-economic system today -- places where decisions that affect large numbers of Americans... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Think Government Surveillance is New?

  The whole brouhaha over government surveillance of our emails and phone calls gives me two reactions. First, it makes me laugh because I think people are... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 SOCIETY

• On Life, Living and the Internet Today

  The New York Times has three good to great to excellent articles today on the internet and what it's doing to us today. I will start, too, with the best of the... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--why is This So Bloody Rare in America?

  

  "I just think people need to make a living wage with health benefits. It also puts more money back into the economy and creates a healthier country. It's... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 SOCIETY

• What Part of "public Meeting" Don't These People Get?

  

  So the Mayor's panel on deciding what we're going to do with our airport met yesterday for the first time and it was reported to be a public meeting--but they... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Eavesdropping on Our Phone Calls is Just One Part of the Problem

  The big news today--and yesterday--all over the internet and news programs is that--SURPRISE!--the government is listening in on Americans phone calls. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Southwest Airlines---expands??

  Yessiree, I read it just this afternoon on none other than our own Kansas City International Airport's Facebook page: Southwest Airlines restarted service to... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 SOCIETY

• The Cost of War

  - Another week and another $2 Billion spent in Afghanistan. Total bill to U.S. Taxpayers = $1,444,224,447,359. 6680 - Number of Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraq... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 SOCIETY

• The Kansas, Republican Debacle is Finally Over

  From the Kansas Democratic Party Facebook page, yesterday: "In the middle of the night, the Kansas Legislature voted to raise Kansans taxes $777 million. They... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 SOCIETY

• The United States of Inequality

  

  “A petty, narcissistic, pridefully ignorant politics has come to dominate and paralyze our government, while millions of people keep falling through the gaping... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 SOCIETY

• At What Point Do We Learn? At What Point Do We Change?

  

  I was speaking last evening, late, with a friend that recently retired from the federal government's National Weather Service and told him what I thought--that... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Local Basketball Player Makes Waves Nationally

  

  A local basketball player made big headlines and national news this week and was on MSN Fox Sports: College hoopster opens up about coming out Benedictine... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 SOCIETY