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February 01, 2007 10:23 AM EST -- this one hurt. all i can say is if you've never read her, do yourself a favor and do. she was intelligent, funny and fearless. and with her and ann richards up there, there's one hell of a rip . . . more
December 19, 2007 08:30 PM EST -- Russian President Vladimir Putin was named "Time" magazine's "Person of the Year" for posing stability that "restored Russia as a world power" (cnn .com).  Do you . . . more
September 29, 2006 01:25 PM EDT -- Today I saw a comment made by someone I like that said so much, and  left out even more.. The gist of it was that  'only through education can we erase cultural and religious [edited my . . . more
October 02, 2006 11:51 AM EDT -- My friend science fiction writer Ben Bova recently published an article on his site (one of his syndicated newspaper articles, I believe), that is one of the more hopeful and upbeat pieces I've read . . . more
November 17, 2006 11:26 AM EST -- Lets try competency for a change! Now if we can just convince his wife. L. more
May 19, 2006 02:18 PM EDT -- In October 1970, Richard Nixon and the Republican party faced foreboding poll numbers in the congressional elections. His invasion of Cambodia earlier that year and the subsequent escalation of anti-war . . . more
December 08, 2006 03:00 PM EST -- The more they stay the same..   NOTE: THE TEXT OF THIS LINK HAS CHANGED BETWEEN NOON 12/8/06 AND 4PM. IT NO LONGER SAYS SECRET CAUCUS, IT NOW SAYS "CLOSED" CAUCUS.  4:23PM 12/08/06 . . . more
July 24, 2006 05:21 PM EDT -- Last night after watching DEADWOOD chew the scenery and curse it's own innards I was going through the channels and happened upon a showing of the Ed Norton, Brad Pitt (stay with me here), movie FIGHT . . . more
A New Perspective
by Janet Louise H.
views: 47 | rating: 10 | comments: 22
July 04, 2008 03:12 PM EDT -- In the summer of 1970 I traveled to Europe on a student loan.   It was the best educational investment I ever made because of the perspective I gained on both the USA and the countries I visited. . . . more
Knee-jerk Responses
by Joan D.
views: 15 | rating: 7.2 | comments: 7
March 06, 2007 10:28 AM EST -- Long before there was "Gather", there were BBS, and discussion "Forums" and other forms of group-communication (I deliberately leave out the ubiquitous "chat room")  One . . . more
July 24, 2006 12:23 PM EDT -- Peril on the left of me Loopyness on the right, stuck in the middle, what to do? [from a reply to "WHY ARE LIBERALS SO STUPID"] The frustration of so many in the middle isn't that  . . . more
August 23, 2006 10:32 AM EDT -- While I was born in the US and have traveled extensivley, this is the first time I have ever had the opportunity to spend any amount of time in New Orleans. So, I am not sure what it was like before Katrina, . . . more
May 19, 2007 04:57 PM EDT --  Mike Moore recently paid, anonymously, the twelve thousand dollar medical bill of one of his critics. There are some who claim it was a cynical attempt to silence his critic. Although twelve thousand . . . more
May 11, 2007 01:43 PM EDT --   and miles to go before I sleep. The news from the Doc is good, as I'd thought it would be, but any time they start to cut on you, even little spots, you have to wonder. Wonder how long this . . . more
December 11, 2007 10:43 AM EST --                       Historically, the Sixties stand out as one of the most turbulent decades of . . . more
Whats wrong with taxes?
by Sy g.
views: 82 | rating: 10 | comments: 31
November 10, 2007 03:27 PM EST -- Many years ago, I was living in a small town, and I had children who lived pretty far from the local school, but not far enough to get bussed. There was a proposal to extend one of the bus routes to . . . more
July 30, 2007 11:33 PM EDT -- This appeared on the Political Cortex site.  I urge you to read it.  Be sure to check the photo of the Veteran Astronaut.   more
September 06, 2006 05:20 PM EDT -- So, you think hooking up with the venal Bzzagent bunch was bad?  According to the email I (and probably all of you, as well) just received, Gather is now going to advertise on the most biased, rightwing . . . more
December 22, 2006 10:37 PM EST -- I am the Woodstock Generation, Let us Rest In Peace. When we are all gone will the love and caring cease? I am the Woodstock Generation with dreams we thought would last. Were the ideals believed in just . . . more
July 14, 2006 06:53 PM EDT -- It appears to me that the American nuclear family consisting of a father, mother and kids is no longer functioning.   Trying to force back the wheels of time, technological progress and the liberation . . . more
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