CALIFORNIA SINGLE PAYER, devils quoting scripture, don't want another belly flop
SB 562 is the California single payer healthcare bill, which passed the State Senate this week. Chances of passing the Assembly look good. The bill provides many goodies; what is the price tag?...
View ArticleWhen will Trump Spin out?
Pundits say that the Presidency is between Trump and HRC. They may be right. Matt Taibbi’s interesting Rolling Stone piece says that American culture makes Trump unstoppable. He stresses Trump’s...
View ArticleMy response to MoveOn's instant debate response plan
I got a nice letter from MoveOn asking me to participate in a new instant debate response plan. I understand the idea, but I can't see how it will bring about the major political and social changes...
View ArticleMy complaint to PBS about Washington Week
I often watch Washington Week (PBS). This week's show was devoted to the Republican 'debate' at the Reagan Library. The reporters had time to learn that Carly Fiorina had made up a total lie, but chose...
View ArticleSegregated oldster, BLM and American hate
I attended segregated schools in Galveston, TX until graduation in 1955. Two African-American families lived on my block. We were courteous, friendly and called each other by name, but they never...
View ArticleJuries, grand juries, bears and chokeholds
I’m an old codger who attended segregated schools in East Texas and was a Vietnam draftee. When asked about Ferguson and Michael Brown, I said, “I don’t know what happened. There are too many...
View ArticleExercise builds us, The Super Bowl builds machismo
The Super Bowl gets more viewers and more ad money than anything on television. Here's a letter that I sent to The Los Angeles Times: Regular exercise improves cardiorespiratory fitness, increases...
View ArticleSyria as Rorschach test
Would bombing Syria help Israel and keep Iran at bay? Depends upon your point of view. David Brooks of the NY Times says smugly that of course Obama’s proposals to discipline Syria have nothing to do...
View ArticleOur unbalanced nation, yes, Virginia there is a class war
“I used to blame Bush and the GOP. Then I blamed the Democrats for not being fill in the blank enough. Now I hold the so called progressive and so called __ movement responsible because they haven't...
View ArticleNew York Times: Sue those generic makers
Yes, dumb down the American public, a few people keep raising their head! American healthcare has problems, layers of problems. I agree with Mr. Brill's 26,000 word indictment of US healthcare in the...
View ArticleHow can violence/murder increase and decrease at the same time?
I'm upset with the Colorado shooting. The media mislead us with all Monica/James Holmes all the time- lots of smoke and noise but little analysis or illumination. Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker's...
View ArticleWhat I told KPCC, my NPR station
I've given money to my local NPR station for some years, but I'm increasingly unhappy with their parroting the commercial media, asking how people feel about the ads and scandals rather than going...
View ArticleHow we got Rick Perry into the White House
aka Great and Desperate Cures and their consequencesIt took some work and planning, our man had a tendency to say stupid things, but we used our five advantages: the dismal economy, the discredited...
View ArticleLook behind the veil, the system and the Satan sandwich
Some say don’t criticize our leaders or our system until we have a solution. Some say that there’s a simple answer to every problem…and that it’s always wrong. Some say that Obama had no choice, given...
View ArticleWe are eager accessories to the great hoaxes of the Age- space shuttle, debt...
I quote Daniel Boorstin, The Image, 1962, page 37. Boorstin discussed pseudo-events (contrived events) television and the Graphics Revolution (the multiplication of images and recording techniques,...
View ArticleUnderstanding Autism, obesity and toxic sugar, 'Hispanic autism deficit', how...
April was autism awareness month. Autism awareness month existed for decades, but became much more visible this year. I’ll briefly discuss PBS autism coverage, part of the increased media attention to...
View ArticleMaybe it's all for show
Huey What a relief- the government did not shut down! Dewey: I wasn’t planning to visit a national park today. Louie: Maybe things aren’t quite what they seem; maybe the government shutdown crisis...
View ArticleNPR pushes foreigners into the line of fire
In Phoenix, Foreign-Born Workers Find Jobs Faster Ted Robbins, NPR morning report 2/17/2011I heard this driving to work: Poor Mareena lost her DHL job. She’d like to make $25 an hour, but will...
View ArticleProgressives in a fog, we've lost the class and media wars, we must regroup...
Many progressives have lost focus. They worry about celebrities, like Sarah Palin, which progressive might be a primary challenger to Obama, whether to accept or resist TSA stupidity, etc. Those are...
View ArticleThe attractive outsider could not consolidate the beachhead, couldn’t...
The attractive outsider figured out the new primary system better than many old Pols. He put great effort into the Iowa caucuses and won 9 of the first 10 primaries. He was quite a contrast to Nixon...
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