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Ukraine Get-It-Off-Your-Chest ForumWe have all had a few months to absorb the ongoing governance agonies of Ukraine. Many of us have formed opinions on the subject, some sooner than others, some...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Mar. 20, 2014Last comment by aprilua69, on Jan 31, 2017 at 1:53 pm | 13 comments | 191557 Views
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The Gay Rights Movement Coming of Age(Note: In a rare triumph of propriety over punsmanship, I decided against calling this a 'Gay Rights Coming-out Party.' Don't get used to it.) In its perpetual...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Apr. 10, 2014Last comment by Tom Cushing, on Apr 20, 2014 at 7:22 am | 40 comments | 57678 Views
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Sexual Assault and Military Justice: Competing Reform Proposals. Please weigh-in.This month we celebrate Veterans Day (every year on 11/11, as the Armistice ending World War One went into effect in the eleventh hour on that date, 1918). It is...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Nov. 3, 2013Last comment by Rawclyde!, on Nov 10, 2013 at 1:16 pm | 31 comments | 49080 Views
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Kudos to the GOP on New Voting InitiativesFair-is-fair: at times, I have been critical of positions and tactics used by the Republicans ? but when they do something that is an unconditionally Good Thing...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Mar. 31, 2014Last comment by Doug Miller, on Apr 8, 2014 at 10:06 pm | 23 comments | 45229 Views
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No Longer Ready for Some FootballThe Miami Dolphins are playing on Monday Night Football this evening ? I won't be watching. Football has lost me, and not just because of the current bullying...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Nov. 11, 2013Last comment by William, on Nov 22, 2013 at 8:36 am | 25 comments | 43244 Views
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Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in ? maybe never?Boomers tend to view the sustained prosperity of the mid-20th century as the way things are supposed to be. Back then, incomes rose across the board, growth was...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Apr. 28, 2014Last comment by Tom Cushing, on May 5, 2014 at 6:50 am | 25 comments | 37256 Views
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I Am Spartacus"First, they came for my phone records, and I did nothing ?" While the media have obsessed about one particular, ultimately transitory untruth emanating from...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Dec. 1, 2013Last comment by geral, on Dec 9, 2013 at 9:34 am | 8 comments | 36884 Views
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Problems with the New Journalism, or Why I Miss Uncle Walter.As a naturalized netizen, I grew up in a paper-and-pencil world with only three TV channels. We were actually a Huntley/Brinkley household, in the same way folks...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Oct. 29, 2013Last comment by Matlab Assignment Help, on Mar 2, 2016 at 3:44 am | 19 comments | 36427 Views
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The Dismal Science Comes to a Dismal RealizationA consensus is emerging, at least among liberal economists, about what continues to ail the US economy. It's not a happy message, because it suggests that we're...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Nov. 20, 2013Last comment by Tom Cushing, on May 28, 2017 at 5:06 am | 24 comments | 36069 Views
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"...On the Pavement, Thinkin' 'Bout the Government ..." Part OneSetting aside Dylan's badge-wearing man in a trench coat (laid-off in the government shutdown), I Have Been thinking about the government lately. So have others,...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Oct. 15, 2013Last comment by spcwt, on Oct 18, 2013 at 8:08 am | 13 comments | 34722 Views
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Since When are Competition and Lower Medical Costs a Bad Thing?I am writing in response to brother blogger Tim's recent description of developments in the East Bay health care market. I'll admit to some uncertainty about the...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Feb. 7, 2014Last comment by D loansmob, on Jun 2, 2017 at 12:54 am | 39 comments | 34143 Views
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Buffett: Changes in Attitude?The name 'Buffett' means a lot in the rarified realms of high finance and corporate policy (Warren, not so much Jimmy). In attaining his stature as the world's...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on May. 1, 2014Last comment by Dave, on May 12, 2014 at 12:05 am | 14 comments | 33326 Views
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Taking Leave of GRASThe FDA has proposed to ban trans-fat in food – is it overdue reform or the nanny state ruining our gustatory fun? The Food and Drug Administration is the...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Nov. 8, 2013There are no comments yet. 30186 Views
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Thinking ?Bout the Government, Part Two (Don?t Follow Leaders ? or was it TeaPers?)My foray into lyricizing this blog met with indifferent reception, at best. Those impulses will probably be restrained in composing this conclusion. I reserve...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Oct. 18, 2013Last comment by spcwt, on Oct 21, 2013 at 2:41 pm | 16 comments | 29872 Views
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A Pope that a Unitarian Can Love ? Part One of a SeriesI just finished reading Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Dec. 8, 2013Last comment by BT, on Dec 16, 2013 at 8:22 pm | 40 comments | 29186 Views
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Extraordinary TransgressionWhen last we checked-in on the Senate Intelligence Committee (DiFi vs Spy, RC March 12), our own Senator...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Aug. 5, 2014Last comment by Tom Cushing, on Aug 9, 2014 at 5:29 pm | 18 comments | 25193 Views
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On Iran: Miles to Go Before We SleepThe essential nature of a good deal is one in which both parties to it get more of what they really want, in exchange for something they want less. When I buy...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Nov. 26, 2013Last comment by Bix, on Dec 18, 2013 at 8:54 pm | 19 comments | 24324 Views
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The Name GameBefore reading this blog, you may wish to read-through the recent D/SRX Town Square comments on banning single-use shopping bags.
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Jul. 26, 2014There are no comments yet. 23841 Views
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Torches and Pitchforks 52 ? Rule of Law 47By what passes for standards in today's Senate, Thurgood Marshall would be a pariah. Born into modest circumstances and barred by his race from admission to the...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Mar. 6, 2014Last comment by Youseff, on Mar 24, 2014 at 11:01 am | 26 comments | 23615 Views
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Love in the Time of Culture War, Part 1Whatever decision AZ Governor Brewer makes this week (I know, see below. Rats.), it will be just a teaser for the bigger show to come next month. She must decide...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Feb. 27, 2014Last comment by Cholo, on Mar 2, 2014 at 4:07 pm | 16 comments | 23263 Views
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