Missoula The patterns are just too obvious now. The Republicans are into Big Brother and total government control. They are not conservatives at all! It is such a mistake for any of us to get suckered into that slick trick. What they really want it becomes increasingly clear is total government intervention, intrusion, and control [...]
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Missoula One of the best lines in the great movie, The Outlaw Josie Wales, occurs when Clint Eastwood as Wales turns to Sandra Locke, the young woman, also his paramour at the time, and says, “is that what they teach young girls in Kansas.” I’ve always thought that has to be one of the [...] Seattle What is it about the rich that they can’t ever say “enough is enough?” In the contemporary battles between millionaires and billionaires over who will collect how much of the lucrative television and advertising revenues, the owners seem ready to risk everything for the odd piece of loose change just at the peak [...] New Orleans The facts of the matter are painful to read, but important not to overlook. In a twist of the old James Carville line: “It’s poverty, stupid!” Meaning really that it’s the whole environment and economy that matter in the development of people and individuals and not just one or two factors or [...] New Orleans The article in the local paper was breathless. How could it be that homes were going without buyers even though prices – and interest rates – were almost at a 40 year low point? Having drunk the Kool-Aid for so many years how was it possible that the number of American [...] Little Rock Visiting with friends and comrades in Little Rock, it wasn’t long before the discussion went to the obvious: how could there be meaningful civic engagement of low-and-moderate income families in the 2012 elections without a huge voter registration effort among the poor? There are still open wounds from too many sources that [...] |
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