To Comfort The Afflicted
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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Observercast

There’s Something About Paper

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BY FROMA HARROP Interesting that the tech website CNET has started publishing an old-fashioned magazine – you know, on paper, like Time and Life. To complete the retro circle, CNET’s periodical is carrying print ads for Ford, Gillette and other brands already at home in the “Mad Men” era. But wasn’t the digital technology that […]

Beneath The Republican Wave, Voters Still Reject Right-Wing Ideology

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BY JOE CONASON In the wake of the 2014 midterm “wave election,” Americans will soon find out whether they actually want what they have wrought. The polls tell us that too many voters are weary of President Barack Obama, including a significant number who actually voted for him two years ago. Polls likewise suggest that […]

Election 2014: The Rise Of A Stealth Oligarchy

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER A stunning surprise coming out of this year’s elections is that the most dominant contenders were not glad-handing braggarts, but the least likely of participants: Shy people. That’s strange, since running for office these days is assumed to be an ego game, attracting the loudest of self-promoters. But the big winners on […]

Palm Greasing Now Has An App

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BY FROMA HARROP Uber, the car-summoning service, got some flak not long ago for “surge” pricing. Customers complained about its policy of raising prices charged for trips at times of high demand. That might happen on New Year’s Eve, in the teeth of a monsoon or, less dramatically, during an especially busy lunch hour. I […]

Plutocrat Or Populist? Actually, Hillary Is Neither

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BY JOE CONASON As America’s biggest political target – a status she is likely to enjoy for the foreseeable future – Hillary Clinton takes incoming fire of every caliber from all directions. One day her words are ripped from context to depict her as a plutocratic elitist; on another day, she is quoted, selectively, to […]