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96 Year Old Tennessee Woman, Dorothy Cooper, Denied Free Photo ID because She Didn’t Have Her Marriage Certificate
Dorothy Cooper, a retired domestic worker who lives in Chattanooga, Tenn., was denied a free voter ID because she did not have her marriage certificate, despite showing the clerk at the Cherokee Boulevard Driver Service Center, a rent receipt, a copy of her lease, her voter registration card and her birth certificate. Did I neglect to mention Dorothy Cooper is black? Well, she … [Read more...] about 96 Year Old Tennessee Woman, Dorothy Cooper, Denied Free Photo ID because She Didn’t Have Her Marriage Certificate
‘Occupy Wall Street’ Demonstrations Could Spread – and Spark Backlash
Was that a long ago-echo in my ears? The other day I caught video of a big protest with demonstrators shouting, “The whole world is watching!” as police approached. Wasn’t that chant from 1968 when Chicago Mayor Richard Daley unleashed his police on anti-war demonstrators at the ill-fated Democratic convention? In the same video, some chanted “Un pueblo unido jamas sera … [Read more...] about ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Demonstrations Could Spread – and Spark Backlash
Maureen Dowd’s Fun House Mirrors
Love her or hate her, Maureen Dowd certainly knows how to put things into political/partisan perspective---take your pick. Her eagerly anticipated post-mortem of Chris Christie’s equally eagerly awaited “I have told you before, I am telling you now, ‘the answer was never anything but no’ announcement” will not disappoint fans or foes. From the opening paragraph of her … [Read more...] about Maureen Dowd’s Fun House Mirrors
Believe it or Not, Life on Earth is Getting Better (Diario Decuyo, Argentina)
Is the state of the world really as dire as world leaders who recently spoke at the U.N. General Assembly would lead us to believe? Have we all gotten carried away with gloom and doom? For Argentina's Diario Decuyo, columnist Andrés Oppenheimer cites a recent report that asserts things are on the upswing almost everywhere, from life expectancy to education levels to the number … [Read more...] about Believe it or Not, Life on Earth is Getting Better (Diario Decuyo, Argentina)
Today is World Teachers’ Day
Why do public school teachers have such a bad reputation in the US and get little pay? That's one of the things I don't get. It's quite different over here. The job is well paid and respected by most folks. As a country with little natural resources, Germany depends on innovation and a smart work force. Education is good for democracy, happiness etc. The children are our … [Read more...] about Today is World Teachers’ Day
Gravity, Dark Matter, and Dancing with the Stars
Astrophysicists Saul Perlmutter, Adam Riess, and Brian Schmidt were recently awarded the Nobel Prize for their work concerning the universe and everything in it. Their recent research has contributed greatly to the discovery that the universe is not only expanding, but actually speeding up. The reasons for the Universe's expansion and increased acceleration are less … [Read more...] about Gravity, Dark Matter, and Dancing with the Stars
Chris Christie’s Fateful Decision & The Collision of Conventional Wisdoms
There was a collision of conventional political wisdoms yesterday as Chris Christie announced that he would not seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination and neither bode well for the political future of the New Jersey governor. One wisdom is that political celebrity is a fickle and fleeting thing in America today and he probably blew his only opportunity try the Oval … [Read more...] about Chris Christie’s Fateful Decision & The Collision of Conventional Wisdoms
American Underdogs Start Barking
A majority now see Barack Obama as a one-term president and he calls himself the “underdog,” but social networks may be changing the political landscape for 2012 in a way that the new medium of television did during the “youthquake” of the 1960s. What started as a small disorganized rally on Wall Street three weeks ago is spreading to Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and … [Read more...] about American Underdogs Start Barking
Sisyphus
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Relief in Democraticpartyland: Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin Wins West Virginia Governorship
Democrats can take at least a partial deep breath this morning: Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin won the race for West Virginia Governor. If he had lost experts agreed that it would be interpreted as one way: that President Barack Obama was utterly politically toxic and Democrats who'd like to be elected in 2012 might start looking for ways to keep their distance from … [Read more...] about Relief in Democraticpartyland: Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin Wins West Virginia Governorship
It Slices and Dices
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Quote of the Day: It’s Now or Never for Mitt Romney
Our political Quote of the Day is from The Politico's John Martin, Maggie Haberman and Ben Smith who say this is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's moment and if he doesn't seize it it will be gone: If Mitt Romney can’t start locking up the GOP nomination now, he may never be able to. The former Massachusetts governor’s charmed path toward the presidential … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: It’s Now or Never for Mitt Romney
iPhone
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This Is Not Yet Another Column About Sarah Palin
With time running out for Sarah Palin to decide whether to enter the fray for the Republican presidential nomination, much has been made of her hold over a fanatical if diminishing fan base while very little has been made of her hold over a supplicant and unquestioning press. That, of course, is because the press isn't about to put on a hair shirt and flail itself with birch … [Read more...] about This Is Not Yet Another Column About Sarah Palin
Amanda Knox A Cautionary Tale
Amanda Knox: A Cautionary Tale Making Sense, by Michael Reagan From now on, parents who plan to send their children abroad to study in a foreign nation should sit them down in front of the TV set and watch replays of the Amanda Knox saga. It has all the elements of a true-to-life lesson in the dangers of turning young men and women barely out of their teens into innocents … [Read more...] about Amanda Knox A Cautionary Tale
‘Special’ Relatives and Special Relativity
There are two seemingly unrelated issues here, but the timing and the pun are too good to pass up, so let's travel these twin paths and see where they meet. Yesterday, Hank Williams, Jr. managed to either stick his foot in his mouth, his head up his ass, or pulled off the seemingly impossible feat of doing BOTH simultaneously. Which brings us to Albert Einstein and the … [Read more...] about ‘Special’ Relatives and Special Relativity
Amanda Knox is Free
I had heard of Amanda Knox, the young American woman convicted of murder in Italy, but I didn't think all that much about her case until I read The Monster of Florence, the fantastic book by crime writer Douglas Preston and Italian journalist Mario Spezi on perhaps the most notorious serial killer in Italian history -- it includes an afterward on the Knox case, presented as yet … [Read more...] about Amanda Knox is Free
CBS Poll: Cain Rising, Perry Going South
The latest CBS News poll almost reads like a traveling story: former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain, who has wowed conservatives with his performance in recent Republican Presidential debates is going national -- with his poll numbers going up. And Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who seemed not just not ready for Prime Time but not ready for Republican debates on not prime time, has … [Read more...] about CBS Poll: Cain Rising, Perry Going South
Desperately Seeking Christie
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