I came across this article, “Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System, and it got me thinking. https://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/11 U.S. Government policies have certainly weakened our education system — but to say it is being destroyed is an overstatement. I agree that our emphasis on rote learning, our de-funding of public libraries, our pursuit …
I feel like I am in a time warp. Back in the tail end of 2010, President Obama and the Republicans negotiated a deal that preserved some tax cuts and some social programs, and the progressives and the left couldn’t stop crying. Months later the sky as not fallen, but a new deal has been …
The waiting and uncertainty are over. I know you were concerned. Would he or wouldn’t he? Would he make the easy choice “to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: ‘Sit down and shut up,’ but that’s the worthless, easy path; that’s a quitter’s way out”… and thus choose to …
“More liberals need to acknowledge that Richard Nixon won—twice—and push for an updated strategy. They should stop using the following clichés when speaking or writing: The people. Progressive. Shame. Social justice. The world is watching. They should pay less attention to movies by self-serving millionaire Michael Moore and books by self-serving millionaire Noam Chomsky. They …
For the purposes of this list, I will refer to one’s position on the diagram of monogamy vs. various types of non-monogamy (polyamory, open marriage, swinging, religious polygyny, etc.) as simply “relationship orientation”. Note that for the purposes of this list, “relationship orientation” does NOT refer to one’s sexual orientation re: the Kinsey scale (heterosexual, …
This is way better than the title, and it’s not Oregon-specific:
President Barack Obama has announced his desire to run for President again in 2012 via emails to supporters and this video:
The Examiner article below, which has supporting video, reports that Michelle Bachman has obliquely suggested taxing unmarried parents at a higher rate than married parents. This will enervate both sides. She doesn’t seem to understand, or is conveniently ignoring, provisions in the current tax code which ALREADY bestow benefits upon married people and promote family …
1984 Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro passed away today at the age of 75. The preppy kid from Greenwich was no match for the tough Italian gal from outer Queens. – Jim Demetre is a Seattle-based writer and the publisher and editor of Artdish. . .
This is a moral issue. The fact that nearly 64% of the nation’s wealth is concentrated in the hands of 5% of the population is a scandal, while 80% of the population holds only 13% of the country’s wealth. Yet, the Right, particularly those with a “moral” agenda, concentrates its outrage on people’s sex lives …