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A Shattered GOP Dithers on Direction 1 Aug 2013 | 01:22 am
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press comes out with the raw numbers: Whither the GOP? Republicans Want Change, But Split over Party’s Direction — Ryan Has Broader Appeal in GOP than Pau...
Is Edward Snowden the Only American Who Remembers the Words of the 4th Amendment? 31 Jul 2013 | 09:29 pm
This week an unusual bipartisan effort from 94 Republicans and 111 Democrats almost succeeded in an attempt to cut off funding for the NSA’s collection of phone data by 205 “yes” to 217 “no” votes. B...
Twenty Years in Oregon 29 Jul 2013 | 02:43 am
Sometime in the wee hours of the morning, twenty years ago (the 27th), I crossed the Snake River into Ontario, Oregon pulling my life behind me in a modern day Conestoga wagon. the tandem-axle log tr...
Climate Change – is it the Indigenous Peoples who have the answers? 27 Jul 2013 | 10:42 pm
Peoples who have lived in the same place for countless generations – the Amazon, perhaps, or the Arctic, or in la Sierra Nevada in Colombia – possess invaluable knowledge about living with climate cha...
How the Right Wing Media Discusses Race 26 Jul 2013 | 10:19 am
I have a confession to make. I watch Fox News. A lot. I’m not really sure why since I’m not a suburban-dwelling middle to upper class retiree who anyone would describe as a conservative. I have absolu...
The No-News Media Cover a Royal Birth 25 Jul 2013 | 10:48 pm
by Walter Brasch Long after the American colonials broke away from the British monarchy, long after George Washington refused to take the title of “king,” Americans are still fascinated by anythin...
The Sick Voyeur at the Center of This (not Weiner, BTW) 24 Jul 2013 | 05:30 am
[WARNING: What follows is as disgusting as the story it covers and the author of that story. So, if you are squeamish, or under 18, please stop reading now.] Velvet but no longer Underground The Pru...
Happy 44th Moon Day 21 Jul 2013 | 03:17 am
Quincy Jones presents platinum copies of “Fly Me to the Moon”) to Neil Armstrong (right) and Senator John Glenn, September 24, 2008. From the 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing …. A Secret History...
Practicing Un-Medicine 20 Jul 2013 | 04:16 pm
by Walter Brasch Clutching a sheaf of newspaper clippings in one hand and a medical bag in the other, Dr. Franklin Peterson Comstock III, knocking down pregnant ladies, students, the elder...
Where is the Justice for the Black Boy in America? 20 Jul 2013 | 03:19 am
The verdict in the George Zimmerman trail has added to the question which has been going back and forth in our legal system since the days of Reconstruction. The question: What is the value of the Bla...
