the Palestinian elections--Where to from here?
Dear Kossacks, What suggestions and other reactions do you have to Hamas' victory in the most recent Palestinian elections? I have worked for a while now as a member of Tikkun (www.tikkun.org) to...
View ArticleTorture on the 4th of July; or, I had a dream, Mr. President
This idea came to me after reading Jane Mayer's chilling piece on David Addington in The New Yorker. Steve Newman Philadelphia, PA
View ArticleLieberman as the Lorax/War-ax, part 1
In a recent profile in The New Yorker, Joseph Lieberman defiles the sainted memory of Dr. Seuss by comparing himself to The Lorax. In light of Joementum's sadly predictable vote yesterday against a...
View ArticleREM's GREEN: Suggest _Your_ Pre-2001 Soundtrack for W's Administration
Yesterday, I plunked Green into my CD player for the first time in a long time, and my wish to fall back into the reveries this album had induced in me before kept getting rudely interrupted by my...
View ArticleHow to welcome people to your campaign--suggestions
As a longtime Obama supporter, I share the euphoria of so many others in the victories of the past few weeks. And I don't mean to be a buzzkill. But with it looking increasingly likely that Obama...
View ArticleObama on Israel: Reactions?
How did you think Obama did on Israel, which appeared as an adjunct to the discussion on Iran? I have to admit I'm a bit worried. But I want to hear what you all think.Let me say that I think, on the...
View ArticleSestak HC Townhall: Signs looking healthier
I was at the HC Townhall this evening, and I left slightly heartened, even more so after viewing the press coverage. . .
View ArticleLou Dobbs'"Anglo-Saxon" dog whistle
Lou "the Demagogue" Dobbs strikes again! Along with other right-wing shills, he exploits the Fort Hood shooting to broadcast his Islamophobia. This time, he does it by calling out to "Anglo-Saxons"...
View ArticleLetter from interfaith group in support of Park51
Dear Kossacks,Pasted below is a letter written and signed by the Philadelphia Interfaith Peace Walk (www.interfaithpeacewalk.org). We'll be releasing it to various newspapers, websites, and the like...
View ArticleRethuglican push-polling in PA
I knew I shouldn't have bothered taking that call, but I thought it might be my wife, so. . .beware of Pro Market Research.
View ArticleGov. Corbett's budget: Wordsworth, getting and spending
I dashed this off this afternoon after thinking about Gov. Corbett's budget address. I imagine it as an op-ed where I am given WAY more room than I would actually be given. In a more liberal...
View ArticlePerry vs. Bachmann (Bizzaro World Obama vs. Hillary?)
As I contemplated Bachmann's strong showing in the Iowa Meth Poll drives out T-Paw, an intriguing possibility occurred to me: We might see a bizarre revisiting of the toxic dynamic between Hillary and...
View ArticleS. Jobs Resignation: Media Blindspots
I don't mean to diminish Mr. Jobs' talents or the effects his stepping aside may have on Apple's employees, stockholders, or the Culture at Large. But what strikes me in the hurricane of media...
View ArticleDebate: Disappointed but Neither Surprised Nor Panick-stricken
Why is this my reaction? The media buzz will be "Romney won." It may fire up his troops--I think my liberal friends who think it won't b/c he portrayed himself as a moderate are misunderstanding how...
View ArticleCT shootings: Words are obscene without actions to stop this madness
Words seem obscene in the face of the Newtown shootings. I really don't want to talk about it right now. All I really want to do is run to my children's classrooms to make sure they're OK and hug them...
View ArticleRepublican ZOMBIE FAIL
I can't help but remember the first time I encountered the Tea Party. It was a Town Hall Meeting on the ACA held by Rep. Joe Sestak at a church on Broad Street; my Dad happened to be in town, and so we...
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