To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Observercast

Playing Monopoly For Real

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Shouting “Down with big government,” today’s tea party Trumpateers claim to be tax rebels – direct descendants of the Boston bunch who boarded three British ships in 1773 and heaved their cargo of tea chests into the harbor. But wait! That historic Tea Party wasn’t actually a tax protest. The audacious colonists […]

Paris And New York Are United By Urban Horror

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BY FROMA HARROP Many of us watching the inferno at Notre Dame de Paris felt that 9/11 dread. This week, as nearly 18 years ago, the news channels kept looping the same horrific video of towers collapsing. At the end, the medieval cathedral remained mostly standing while the twin towers at New York’s World Trade […]

Change Is Coming To Health Care. Vote Wisely.

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BY FROMA HARROP It’s a solid bet that our health care future won’t look quite like the present. Whether the outcome would be good or bad for the average working stiff will depend a great deal on who is president after the 2020 election. If Donald Trump is re-elected, we know where health coverage for […]

The Lessons Of Rejection – Or How Cheating Cheats Our Kids

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH I will never forget the day. I stood just inside the door with the thin pile of envelopes. I opened them one by one. Radcliffe [Harvard] said no. Yale said no. Princeton said no. Pembroke [Brown] said no. The top male schools were opening their doors to the brightest women in America. […]

Is The U.S. Full? Wrong Question

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BY FROMA HARROP “Our country is full,” President Trump said in regard to the immigration debate. Is this true? That depends. Some parts seem full, and some parts are definitely not. What the United States does need is a smart conversation on population. Nearly every point made in this “America, full or not?” discussion bears […]