Having been an avid consumer of progressive media for more than 10 years, I’ve been noticing my own growing disinterest in the format. I’ve become less and less enthusiastic about looking at the coverage in progressive sources, even disenchanted by some of the changes that have occurred during what is [...]

Yesterday, I wrote about Passover basics. I mentioned that there were three ways of discussing traditions and texts: The face-value way, the story behind the face value and the secret or hidden meanings. Today, I will talk about the story behind the ritual and about the Seder—the festival meal which [...]

The GOP appeals to the child in people (just look at the cartoonish characters representing it in the media and Congress). The child they appeal to is the one that throws tantrums, beats up weaker kids for their milk money, is scared of people and things that are different, lies [...]

President Obama has opened up oil drilling 50 miles off the coast on much of the Eastern seaboard and 125 miles off the coast of Eastern Gulf of Mexico. While he shut down most drilling in Southern Alaska and has added drilling North of Alaska. Open ocean drilling is not [...]

Tonight begins the eight day holiday of Passover, the oldest continuing celebration among Jews.  In Judaism, there are three ways, or levels, of explaining a tradition or a text—the “simple” or face value meaning (Peshat), the story behind the text (Midrash), and the hidden or secret explanation or interpretation (Sod). [...]

In a new book called “Endless Universe, Beyond the Big Bang” by Theoretical Physicists Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turock published in 2007, they use the String Theory of matter/energy to put forward a new theory of the origins of the Universe. It still uses the concept of a big [...]

It seemed best to keep the focus on HCR until it passed so I held off on posting the next step on organizing for GROW. Now that HCR has passed, addressing the corporate domination in our democracy and this nation seems even more pressing . We all witnessed the lies, [...]

I had a Voltaire moment earlier this week. It was one of those moments when I paused to realise that my education had not been in vain, but it shocked me nonetheless because I actually found myself defending Ann Coulter. Not that I like or agree with anything Ann Coulter [...]

There is such a wealth of information on the Family that it is almost impossible to condense it all down to a single article. There are so many twists and turns that I don’t believe anyone will ever know the full measure of whatever good or harm they have perputrated [...]

The Grateful Dead must be rolling in their joints. As described in the NYT: On Wednesday, the California secretary of state certified a November vote on a ballot measure that would legalize, tax and regulate marijuana, a plan that advocates say could raise $1.4 billion and save precious law enforcement [...]

There’s been a big kerfuffle lately about cigarette smoking in Avatar. This issue has a long history. Hollywood and cigarette smoking simply go hand in hand — more than you might ever imagine. It goes way, way beyond Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca. Two massive industries grew up [...]

The concept of the SOVEREIGN State of Israel is a VALID one… especially given the AGES old history of the persecution of the Jews as a way to DEFEND ourselves from those who would start another GENOCIDE against us (& don’t think for a MINUTE that there aren’t PLENTY of [...]

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OK I admit I got caught with my pants down this week and forgot it was already Friday but that’s because it was a very good week worthy of celebrating. CELEBRATION!  Sorry for the opening ad what a buzz kill. We are the Champions! Get the Party Started! I’m So [...]

Another edition of Vox Populi is on tap for tonight! Please join us here for this live open chat on the week’s events at 7:00 pm PST. The link to the Vox Populi page is under Live Events at the top of the page, you can click here to go [...]

OK, I know I’m swimming upstream here like an Alaska salmon. But I gotta say it: Sarah Palin is not worthy of our interest any more than is Nadya Sulieman and her incredible egg-laying capacity. But, yeah, canned Sarah’s kind of fun: salmon Like any smelly salmon, Sarah started her [...]

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The other day, a small trailer in my town caught fire. The woman inside woke up to a wall of flames and ran outside into the snow. Nine cats were also inside the trailer. Two cats ran out when the fireman opened the front door; he found two more just [...]

PlanetPOV has only been around 7 months but thanks to the informed, conscientious and expressive community here, we’ve now passed 50,000 comments! So…who posted our 50,000th comment? It was… …CHERNYNKAYA!!! Here’s Cher’s and PlanetPOV’s 50,000th comment: Chernynkaya: You did right! You simply stated the facts. And even of you had [...]

Okay, give me some wiggle room on this one but here is a concept that just came to mind and I could use some help. Did or did not Sarah Palin violate the terms and conditions of usage at Facebook by her recent postings? Is inciting violence a violation of [...]

Say for example you were running a business and you had a bunch of employees. Let’s say that some of these employees (about half of them) started disrupting the workplace. Nothing too big at first: something like wearing too much perfume or playing their music just a little too loudly. [...]

Just what kind of weapon would Jesus carry around?  Questions? Questions?      How about this dandy Smith and Wesson?  It’s everything you need in a tactical  rifle at a price that makes other the riffle makers weep.  Is Jesus the frugal type? Or maybe Jesus is more of an [...]

It’s time for the media to start calling the Tea Party exactly what it is — the Terrorist Party. Gun sales up Gun shows increased attendance Guns displayed at rallies to protest the president Threats of violence to the president up by 400% Threats to members of congress and their [...]

Come November, the Republican Party may need to change their mascot from the elephant to the lemming. In the aftermath of Scott Brown’s upset election in January, the GOP redoubled their bets on the failure of Health Care Reform. As they had for the last year, they showed no hesitation [...]