By: Jim Hoover Now that the great recession has drug down the great bulk of Americans, who is left to support the top 2% greed glut? The answer is Beijing. Republicans forced the continuation of the tax cuts for the rich on pliant Democrats, so now we can borrow…
By Jim Hoover Barack, I know you have been busy. I followed your schedule last week. While House Republicans were trying to reinvent the truth about their House voting against Medicare, you were producing your long-form birth certificate to shame Trump, who has none; comforting disaster victims in the…
By: Thomas Reyour While many are perhaps overzealously reveling and celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden, I propose that rather than throwing up our hands, screaming, "Ding, Dong, bin Laden's dead!" that we rather take this moment in history in silent reflection. Thousands upon thousands dead, civil liberties…
By Jim Hoover The five men photo featured here have proved themselves enemies of the people by rejecting the people and embracing plutocrats (the rich). Over the last three decades, time and time again Democrats have capitulated in approving the appointments of right-wing ideologues to the US Supreme Court.…
By: Michael Tuosto A belief that 'there is no God' is exactly that, a belief. It needs to be treated as every other belief or way of thinking should be treated by the American government: with indifference. James Dao’s piece, entitled Atheists Seek Chaplain Role in the Military, found…
By: James Daniels With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States became the world’s only superpower. During the remainder of the decade, the US economy flourished and things went reasonably well both internally and externally for the US. However, things have changed dramatically since then…
By Jim Hoover Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader responsible for thousands of deaths, is dead. An eight-month-long investigation of a suspected compound deep inside Pakistan led to a plan to erase bin Laden. After Obama ordered a small Special Forces team to attack the compound, a resulting fire…
By: Jack Lionell Everyone should read at least one story by Murakami in his/her life. Trust me, you will appreciate your life so much better. Kafka on the Shore, while departing from many of Murakami's usual images and themes, is just one in several that I'd recommend. With a…
'Taboo Jive' Review By: Brandon Abbott While searching for some community blogs, I came across Taboo Jive. This site is, as they state, is a virtual discussion board debating the controversial. And they do just that. I browsed the site a bit, and came across some very eye-opening topics…
The sign at the Tea Party rally “No Pubic Option” could be how the Republicans took up the war on family planning. Just a misspelled sign during a demonstration against health care reform? Honestly it could be a rallying cry for sexual abstinence as well, something our public funds…