When I was growing up in a Democratic kitchen, my parents made the difference between Democrats and Republicans abundantly clear.
Keep in mind that this was in the 1960s, and I was a small child, just starting school, when Kennedy...
And while the Republicans keep playing in "Tea Party Fantasyland", a record 46.2 million Americans were hit by poverty last year. If there is ever a time to shift into overdrive to focus on job creation and put money in people's pockets again, it's now.
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, September 14, 2011
OK, it's official.
Elizabeth Warren is running for the Senate in Massachusetts.
She's challenging big, bad Scott Brown, who's voted with the Democrats as much as he has his own side, and who used the Tea Party financing to get elected...
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Part of the problem is the RepublicTeas and their religous philosophy feel man has dominion over the world and man will do on his own what is right. Well I think we have plenty of proof that is a foolish notion because they have regulation now and how many companies could each of you name who have poisoned our earth?
An article appeared today on OpenSecrets Blog concerning ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) and the corporations who support their efforts, some 23 of the world's largest. ALEC, for those who are not familiar, is made up of many corporate...
The world looks very much different now than it did 10 years ago. The lives of every American changed forever that day and in the days that followed. One transformation to come out of 9-11 was the rise of...
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, September 12, 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f65xilSDyso&feature=related
Did everybody hear that? Did you? Did you listen to every word? Do you know what it was?
It was a good, old-fashioned labor leader exhorting a gaggle of workers gathered to celebrate the one day our country sets aside...
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