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A House in the Texas Hill Country Becomes Home for a Vietnam War Veteran
I had been looking forward to meeting and talking with Vietnam War veteran Allen Hancock. Finally, thanks to local Austin, Texas, Realtor Jean Susaraba, there I was in her comfortable living room talking with Hancock. I could tell, however, that Hancock was not comfortable talking about himself. Somehow our conversation turned to Hancock's father and he opened up a … [Read more...] about A House in the Texas Hill Country Becomes Home for a Vietnam War Veteran
Jason Alexander Zings Romney for George Costanza Quote
One of my favorite shows that I can watch over and over and over and over and over is Seinfeld, which featured the highly talented (he is a fine song and dance man as well as a character actor) Jason Alexander as George Constanza, a character reportedly based on the great Larry David who co-wrote many of the shows. At last night's CNN Republican Presidential debate former … [Read more...] about Jason Alexander Zings Romney for George Costanza Quote
Freelancer Angst In An Improving Job Market
Is there an inverse relationship between improved employment numbers from the government, and declining freelance and part-time work opportunities? And is the overall economic effect of this inversion necessarily a good thing? The U.S. economy is an incredibly complex organism. You pull on what you think is just one thread and a dozen others get unwound. Thus, while … [Read more...] about Freelancer Angst In An Improving Job Market
Considering the Policy Consequences of Private Prisons
In a letter sent to 48 states, Corrections Corporation of America asks states to consider the "benefits of partnership corrections." In essence, the company offers to buy up state prisons: But there’s a catch…the states must guarantee that are there are enough prisoners to ensure that the venture is profitable to the company. Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has … [Read more...] about Considering the Policy Consequences of Private Prisons
The Virginia Vagina Debacle
The Virginia bill pushed by Republicans, including Governor Bob McDonnell, that would force women going for an abortion to have an ultrasound first, appears as if it will be modified. To be certain the features of the fetus were well-defined, the original bill mandated that an ultrasound was to be done vaginally. In other words, women would have a large wand inserted into their … [Read more...] about The Virginia Vagina Debacle
Mitt Romney vs. Rick Santorum: Choosing Between a Fraud and a Relic
Guest Post By Richard K. Barry Richard K. Barry, a New Yorker now living in Toronto, is the Associate Editor of The Reaction. You can also find him at Lippmann's Ghost. As we liberals watch Rick Santorum's perhaps unexpected rise in national polls among Republican voters, we are in many ways thrilled that this is happening. His ridiculous ideas, which we politely call … [Read more...] about Mitt Romney vs. Rick Santorum: Choosing Between a Fraud and a Relic
On the President As Alien
WASHINGTON -- They say that President Obama is a Muslim, but if he isn't, he's a secularist who is waging war on religion. On some days he's a Nazi, but on most others he's merely a socialist. His especially creative opponents see him as having a "Kenyan anti-colonial worldview," while the less adventurous say he's an elitist who spent too much time in Cambridge, Hyde Park and … [Read more...] about On the President As Alien
Bedeviled in America
Rush Limbaugh is not happy with Rick Santorum’s Satan speech. “It’s part of the predictable attempt to impugn Santorum as an absolute religious nut and wacko,” El Rushbo says. “But he did say these things and he’ll have to have an answer...I don’t know. It’s just not the kind of stuff you hear a presidential candidate talk about.” Now, Santorum is trying to explain away … [Read more...] about Bedeviled in America
Santorum: A (Risky) Choice Not an Echo
Santorum: A (Risky) Choice, Not an Echo by Joe Gandelman With former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, you know that what you see is what you're going to get. And that's going to be the problem for Republicans if the most popular anti-Romney yet is nominated. Santorum is surging. A new Gallup Poll now finds that even though a majority of Republicans consider former … [Read more...] about Santorum: A (Risky) Choice Not an Echo
The Supremes: Those Wild & Crazy Lads In The Black Bathrobes Are At It Again
The Warren and Roberts Supreme Courts bookend my life. The court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1953 to 1969, expanded civil rights, civil liberties and federal power in dramatic ways, while the court led by Chief Justice John Roberts beginning in 2005 has inhibited civil rights and civil liberties and expanded the power of the court to make law and cast law aside when … [Read more...] about The Supremes: Those Wild & Crazy Lads In The Black Bathrobes Are At It Again
And Now A Word From Satan
Republican Presidential aspirant former Senator Rick Santorum generated lots of controversy and news stories when The Drudge Report drudged up a 2008 speech where Santorum warned about Satan's threat to America. But is that fair? So far we've only heard from Santorum and Satan's critics. What is Satan really thinking these days? He's thinking this: … [Read more...] about And Now A Word From Satan
2012: Bonfire of the Middle East Vanities (Opera Mundi, Brazil)
With the cries for war against Iran growing louder by the day, diplomats have barely begun to come to girips with all of the likely ramifications. For Brazil's Opera Mundi, columnist Ignacio Ramonet offers a look at the conflicting national ambitions and long-held animosities that will emerge as a result of any attack on Iran's nuclear facilities - and suggests this is no time … [Read more...] about 2012: Bonfire of the Middle East Vanities (Opera Mundi, Brazil)
Live Blogging of CNN’s Republican Presidential Debate in Arizona (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Was this debate game changer? In my comments after the debate I said that it wasn't. But in reading tons of news and pundit reaction, and watching the morning cable shows, it's clear: former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum didn't have the kind of night he needed to keep his momentum going. In the end, he came across as another creature of Washington will to be a team … [Read more...] about Live Blogging of CNN’s Republican Presidential Debate in Arizona (UPDATED)
Check With TMV for Live Blogging of Tonight’s GOP Presidential Debate
TMV will offer live blogging of tonight's GOP Presidential debate that'll be aired on CNN. [GO HERE to read our extensive live blogging plus a long roundup of varying opinions on the debate. ] The posts will start shortly after 7. As usual, reactions will be my reactions as an independent voter but also on how I think the candidates are advancing or not advancing their … [Read more...] about Check With TMV for Live Blogging of Tonight’s GOP Presidential Debate
Santorum and the GOP
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THOUGHTS ON ASH WEDNESDAY
For nearly 2,000 years and starting again today, Christians spiritually begin their 40-day Lenten celebrations to prepare themselves for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ during the Easter Triduum. Ashes placed on the foreheads of believers constitute an ancient symbol reminding the faithful of their human mortality (from dust to dust). It is also the visual cue to … [Read more...] about THOUGHTS ON ASH WEDNESDAY
**UPDATED** GOP Today: Bob McDonnell’s State Rape, Baptizing the Dead, and Santorum’s Satan Squeal
**updated below** WASHINGTON - Religious conservatives, their right-wing supporters and Republican allies have finally overstepped and what played out last week was proof. The Susan G. Komen catastrophe, starring right-wing ideologue Karen Handel, now seems like foreshadowing. Gov. Chris Christie represents what's left of the small, sane segment of Republican Party … [Read more...] about **UPDATED** GOP Today: Bob McDonnell’s State Rape, Baptizing the Dead, and Santorum’s Satan Squeal
Sorry: Glenn Beck is NOT a Catholic
The question here isn't whether Glenn Beck is a delusional idiot. The real question is WHO at the Washington Post decided that this hogswallop was worthy of publication in any serious newspaper? Why we are all Catholics now By Glenn Beck Photo: Beck meets the newly elevated Cardinal Timothy Dolan in the Vatican. I am a proud member of the Church of Jesus Christ of … [Read more...] about Sorry: Glenn Beck is NOT a Catholic
Eliot Spitzer For Legalized Marijuana
On Friday night's "Real Time with Bill Maher," said Spitzer: To spend prosecutorial resources on pot is ridiculous...I'd be in favor of legalized pot. Legalizing pot is the right way to go. Recently I heard a story that some odious nation is spying on its citizens. This story from the valentine's edition of This American Life popped to mind: Last year at three high schools … [Read more...] about Eliot Spitzer For Legalized Marijuana