To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: November 2012
War And Veterans
Take Two
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Now that the election is over, and President Obama has returned to Washington to try to turn all the rhetoric about working together into something real, Republicans and talking heads [especially the conservative ones whose predictions seemed to be based entirely on wishful thinking and perhaps the desire for some last-minute fundraising] […]
Bothering To Vote, And Bothering Voters
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Two heroes emerged at the polls this year, and neither was named Barack or Mitt. Their names are Galicia and Ken – ordinary Americans with extraordinary depths of civic spirit. While nearly 40% of eligible voters didn’t bother to cast their ballots this year, these two demonstrated that our democratic right to […]