Wednesday, November 24, 2010 Why Fox News Loves the (Other) N-Word (1 comments)
Fox news undermines the distinction between propaganda & news by degrading the language, deepening ignorance & disfiguring just about every standard which defines what was once known as Journalism. An over-riding result is the acceleration of our decent into oligarchy.
Monday, November 8, 2010 America: The Incredible Shrinking Nation (2 comments)
Republicans & submissive Democrats are shrinking America into a gated community for the bad guys, betraying the history & egalitarian values of our democracy.
Saturday, January 2, 2010 Hope for Esperanza in 2010 (2 comments)
All it takes is one Esperanza to put the lie to the Glenn Becks, the Lou Dobbs, and other purveyors of bigotry and racism who would build a barricade of hate between the hopes of new arrivals and the opportunities of this country.
Sunday, January 25, 2009 Our own Sarah Palin - Kirsten Gillibrand (11 comments)
At a time when our nation needs more progressives and fewer right wing hacks, Governor Paterson of New York lays an egg in appointing blue dog Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand to the vacant Senate seat.
What a bold move Gov.
Monday, November 3, 2008 A GODLESS VOTER FOR LIDDY DOLE (4 comments)
In this ad Ms. Dole or her surrogate pretended that Ms. Hagan gave a shout out "There is no God." Miss Hagan, a former Sunday school teacher and Presbyterian in good standing naturally took umbrage at Ms. Dole's ad.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 An Unpaid Debt of Honor
A few weeks ago my nephew John McNamara asked me to write about the failure of the U.S. Congress as well as the New York City government to help the sick and the dying among the city's first responders to the 9/11 catastrophe.
Our government can spend billions bailing out the crooks and liars who brought about the calamitous recession we are facing, yet has zero money for these brave men and women.
Friday, October 10, 2008 The dangerous McCain/Palin character assassination of Obama (9 comments)
The last best hope of McCain's campaign is to appeal to the racism that still lives on in this country. This isn't playing hardball, its hate-ball.
The fascist playbook begins by demonizing your opponent as "the other" or "that one" or "the friend of the terrorist." In Hitler's case it was the Jews (read elite, or cosmopolitans), the Gypsies and the Socialists who were demonized and then victimized by this rhetoric...
