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I am a retired boatbuilder with a fascination for political thought. Most of my life I cheerfully described myself as an "eastern establishment, knee jerk, liberal Democrat."
SHARE Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Why We All Just Can't Get Along
American democracy is increasingly under assault by the ideologies of capitalism and religion, manipulated by political professionals and others, for short term, essentially self-serving objectives.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 14, 2009 The Money Debate
Stewart's point was that there are real life implications when the "players" screw over the rest of us, and Cramer is a poster child for the amoral manipulators of money who deliberately game the system for personal profit.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 18, 2012 The New York Times in New England
I've counted on the Times throughout my life for integrity, and some class, in choosing what it decides to print. I would hate to think that it is currently inclined, clandestinely, to provide "red meat" for its Wall Street readers and more temperate fare for its New England audience.
SHARE Friday, October 30, 2009 Obama and Lieberman
History will determine whether Obama and Lieberman are adversaries or cohorts.
SHARE Friday, April 17, 2009 Republicans Adrift
Social conservative Republicans are lost and leaderless in a world that is passing them by.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Mr. Wall Street
This presidential election give us an an excellent opportunity to examine the consequences of conflating corporate entities with people.
SHARE Monday, March 23, 2009 The Part They Don't Get
Wall street hubris is unconscionable, and the time to check it is long past.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Professor Gingrich
Newt Gingrich employs a rhetoric of intellectual dishonesty.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 5, 2009 Church, State, Marriage
We live in a society that nominally sees the need, as did our founders, to separate "church and state," by avoiding any advocacy on theological matters and embracing advocacy of matters important to our pluralistic community.
SHARE Monday, April 27, 2009 It Doesn't Matter, Dick
Like much political rhetoric, the current "discussion" about the propriety of using torture to elicit information from suspected terrorists is often predicated on assumptions that are not shared by the arguers and may well be mutually exclusive.