16 Articles

Friday, September 25, 2009
The Recession is Over! (Now get off your lazy asses and spend some MONEY, dammit!)
(1 comments) Daniel Patrick Welch, regaining his muse after an unfortunate hiatus, marvels at the audacity of the THC (Talking Heads Chorus), who tell us with a straight face that it's our own damn fault if the fake "recovery" sputters--for not spending the money we don't have!

Thursday, August 27, 2009
The Thousands Yet Unborn: a Farewell to Senator Edward Moore Kennedy
(4 comments) Ted Kennedy may be the last of the New Deal/Great Society liberals... will his passing mean the death of the soul of the democratic party, or a resurgence in radical challenge to the slick corporate bipartisan heist?

Saturday, May 30, 2009
Planting Mima's Garden: Kids use reclaimed water and attic heat to honor school founder
(1 comments) Students at the year round Greenhouse School in Salem, MA plant the seeds that preserve the memory of a great lady

Sunday, March 8, 2009
Ain't She A Woman? A Great Lady, A Great Legacy
A tribute to a wonderful woman, Patricia Jennings-Welch, a pioneer in education and founder of The Greenhouse School, whose innovative teaching and spirit touched lives on six continents.

Friday, October 31, 2008
Obama in Secret Halloween Visit to Bay State? 'Witch City' School Boasts Halloween Sighting
(2 comments) With only days to go, why is Senator Obama wasting time in Massachusetts? (Humor)

Thursday, October 23, 2008
Voter Intimidation in Odd Places: Even in Safe States
(2 comments) Daniel Patrick Welch reports on an ugly intimidation attempt even in "Liberal" Massachusetts. "If this is happening in Boston," people are saying, "just imagine what they are doing in close states." Indeed.

Saturday, September 27, 2008
A Reason to Stay: Still Crazy After All These Years
Daniel Patrick Welch reflects on the lasting, positive impact of a teacher on a pupil and considers how the obverse – "the intransigence to the plight of the poor" in an earlier time had given way to a "real explosion of ruthlessness and terror ... from New Orleans to Gaza and beyond".

Sunday, January 27, 2008
All the Baggage, None of the Charm - She's not Bill, and Bill's not running-thank god
(4 comments) US observer Daniel Patrick Welch writes on the presidential campaign with all the dutiful enthusiasm of one covering a sports event in which the local team has been shut out. There's no real debate, but as with every horse race, there's always someone to bet on--or against.

Monday, January 7, 2008
No Change for me: I want Bills: US Election Circus Awash in Cliches
(1 comments) US observer Daniel Patrick Welch writes on the farcical atmosphere of the US election season. The same media that prevents open discussion of the war and the middle east waves its wand over candidates' debates-and poof, the ones with the most to say disappear.

Saturday, March 17, 2007
Saint Patrick's Day and missed opportunity
Just in time for another St. Pat's--offered in the spirit of resistance to empire. Sad to think that the American melting pot should cook up such a stew of domestic support for the lies of empire. But over this year's boiled dinner, we might reflect a bit more deeply...and rejoice at The Thing That is Coming...

Friday, February 23, 2007
No One Here Gets Out Alive: Americans' refusal to look in the mirror presages our own demise
(10 comments) it is not just the neocon crazies in Washington, but ingrained aspects of US culture and politcs, most of all Americans' unshakable belief in our own nobility, that drives us toward the newest chapter in global war.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Everything Old Is New Again
Our generation's Gulf of Tonkin is about to drag us further into endless war.

Friday, November 3, 2006
Andrés Manuel López Obrador for President (of the US!!): The US left could learn from Mexico's example
Every election cycle, the US antiwar left reconvinces itself that its best chance of advancing its agenda is to dive once again into an alliance with the Democratic Party. Poor Charlie Brown! Is Lucy going to yank the ball away again? No suspense here....

Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Denouncing Hugo Chavez - And other sports of the rich, infamous and just plain stupid
(2 comments) They are being hyped as "the most important midterm elections in 50 years," but Daniel Patrick Welch wonders how any real change can come from a US "opposition" that denounces Hugo Chavez for insulting "our" president.

Friday, July 7, 2006
Beyond Bashing Bush: Grassroots environmentalism and the prospect for a populist resurgence
The global environmental crisis affects everyone on the planet. Policies of governments and corporations leading to sprawl and overdevelopment both threaten the environment and make our lives miserable. It's a natural well of populist resentment, a powerful one that remains largely untapped.

Thursday, May 25, 2006
Sucks to be you!
(1 comments) Americans' unforgivable attitude toward immigration; the seamier side of Americans' incongruous xenophobia--it is a full-fledged settler society, after all--and exposes the inherent contradictions that just might make this one the right wing's downfall.