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Monday, July 13th, 2015The debate over the Confederate flag has finally forced America to confront its past. In Louisiana “the mayor of New Orleans is proposing the most comprehensive plan yet to achieve lasting racial reconciliation in the wake of last month’s mass shooting in a South Carolina black church. Mitch Landrieu wants to dismantle a historic city […]
America is exceptional.
Tuesday, February 17th, 2015America is exceptional. It was the first nation founded on science, separating church and state and social contract theory. These ideals, while not actualized at first, allowed Americans to mature and grow. These ideals provided a pathway to building Modern America with its large middle class and diverse population living in peace. Today’s conservatives fear […]
Paint meet corner.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013“As long as Republicans remain tethered to reflexive government-is-bad rhetoric, they will struggle to articulate a positive role government can play in people’s lives.” How do you save Social Security and Medicare if you believe they are evil? How do you save public education if you believe it is evil? How do you save public […]
Why is faith no longer good enough?
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012Science is essential to Western Exceptionalism. James “Hutton was, for a time, a farmer — and in that occupation, observing the process of erosion and the laying down of deposits of various materials, he realized that the landscape he saw around him could be explained by the same forces operating over immense periods of time, […]
Obama, Debt and History
Thursday, October 18th, 2012Obama is not perfect, but we have 4000 years of human civilization to tell us he is on the right side. No society, including the Soviet Union, had a hard time making sure a few people are rich and powerful. Only Liberal American (1932-1968) and those Nasty European Social Democracies found a way to allow […]
Robert Byrd and a History of Poltical Racism in America
Monday, August 6th, 2012“Byrd, who died in June 2010 at age 92, had sought the FBI intelligence while suspecting that communists and subversives were guiding the civil rights cause, the records show.” Now that a child of the Civil Rights movement is President and he is accused of the same thing. Weird how that works. Same lie. Different […]
When a Bain is a Bane
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012Why does Bain Capital matter? Romney has told us he will use the skills learned at Bain to make decisions as President. What did he learn? He learned that he could raid wealth created by workers, liquidate their pensions and then redistribute the wealth to his investors. What are his plans as President? He will […]
Why must Conservatives Bear False Witness?
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012Prepare yourself for the latest conservative lie about Obama. First the FULL quote “Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business—you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” True or false? Absolutely true. Roads and bridges are built and maintained by the government. Public infrastructure, socialism, is NECESSARY for our quality […]
We Need Public Institutions
Friday, June 8th, 2012The solution to this problem is obvious. More tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, while slashing education and job training. With more than 12.7 million Americans unemployed, companies have no trouble attracting applicants….While these workers don’t need college degrees, they need at least two years of specialized training plus strong math, reading and writing skills. […]
Only basic math skills required.
Sunday, April 29th, 2012Just think, this could have been the American experience if conservatives had their way. Growth requires addition. Subtraction leads to contraction. Is this rocket science? MADRID | Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:49pm EDT (Reuters) – Spain’s sickly economy faces a “crisis of huge proportions”, a minister said on Friday, as unemployment hit its highest level […]
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