Tag Archive | "political"

Family Forced into Poverty to Insure Daughter

Thursday, October 22, 2009

This post is written by Natalie O'Reilly and crossposted from Hipmama.org . I'm writing this today, not because I see myself as a political activist, but because our daughter lives with an on-going, critical need for healthcare, and because I want everyone to be able to put a face to the idea of healthcare reform. And what better face than our goofy, gorgeous, brave baby girl's?

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When Late Night Attacks: Left Worries Obama Becoming Punchline

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

As a candidate, Barack Obama was just as comfy on a late night couch as he was on the stump. The late night comedians and writers spared Obama from the barbs and prods they use to turn formidable politicians into laughing stocks. After all, they had their scopes set squarely on you know who… (paging Tina Fey).

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The Line Between Good and Evil – An Interview with Richard Holloway

Saturday, October 10, 2009

The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either – but right through every human heart. ~Alexander Solzhenitsyn Following my review of Between the Monster and the Saint posted on Monday I had the pleasure of interviewing the author, Richard Holloway. Here is a transcript of our conversation: Mary: I’ll go straight for the jugular and start with the most personal questions.

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Nevada News & Views – October 5, 2009

Monday, October 5, 2009

By: Chuck Muth Nevada News and Views TODAY’S HEADLINES Group Calls for End to Secret Doctor-Insurance Company Deals In the never-ending debate about national health care, the most common refrain is “our health care system is broken.” That is immediately followed by never-ending government solutions to “fix” said system. Read more… Lobbyists Giving Ensign the Typhoid Mary Treatment For those Nevadans who think Sen. John Ensign’s political troubles over his affair with a

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Why The Population Bomb Is a Rockefeller Baby

Saturday, October 3, 2009

From the vaults: this piece by Steve Weissmanwas originally published in Ramparts in 1970. Ramparts was a literary quarterly for the left-leaning cognoscente that ran from 1962 to 1975 and whose contributors included Tariq Ali and Alexander Cockburn. Only a select few articles have made it online or been digitised.

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Quick Natural Slimming – Clarified

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Are you aware that our behaviour patterns very often reflect those of our friends? The theory is that we turn out to be very much like the individuals we hang around with. For the most part this is interpreted as we hold the same belief structure or values; we quite often support the same sports clubs and political parties as our friends, for instance.

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The Need for Pessimism

Thursday, September 17, 2009

  We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism   By John Derbyshire   272 pp. Crown Forum 2009   This is an iron wall between the behavioral science and political thought that makes the vast majority of writing on current affairs worthless.  Why do men earn more than women?  Why do blacks not test as well as whites?  Why is Europe wealthy and Africa poor?  There are simple and correct answers to all these questions, but they puzzle the modern educated mind.  John D

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Constitutional Amendments We’d Love to See

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

As the health care reform debate rages on, with false charges and counter-charges being hurled across the political aisle, one has to wonder if anyone still remembers the force behind the most magnificent and dynamic governing document ever written by humans:  the US Constitution .  No other document has so inspired the cause of liberty, freedom, and organized representative government as this living document.  And at the core of its dynamic longevity is the ability to amend it as the passage

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