To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Observercast

Racing Through Nature

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BY FROMA HARROP The story of a young man’s speed-hiking the 2,663-mile Pacific Crest Trail has raised some environmentalist eyebrows, albeit only slightly. He was racing from California’s border with Mexico to Washington state’s with Canada. The cause was a good one – to raise money for the families of cancer patients. And it wasn’t […]

Don’t Do Stupid Stuff

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH If you are the last person in America wondering whether Hillary Clinton is running for president, her recent interview with The Atlantic should vanquish any doubts. In that interview, the former secretary of state, who during her tenure was unfailingly loyal to her boss and former adversary, sharply criticized certain aspects of […]

Ranting About Robin Williams, Limbaugh Exposes A Hole In His Own Soul

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BY JOE CONASON Having infuriated millions of Robin Williams fans with insensitive remarks on the late actor’s suicide, Rush Limbaugh now blames the “liberal media” and “despicable leftists” for distorting his innocent message. This is an old dodge for Limbaugh. Yet however he parses his language, there can be no doubt that he sought to […]

Neil deGrasse Tyson Is A Nice Man

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BY FROMA HARROP When I first encountered Neil deGrasse Tyson, I thought, “What a nice man.” He was on the TV screens at New York’s Hayden Planetarium, where he’s director, urging us to behold the wonder of – to use the biblical term – the heavens. That impression only grew on seeing his television show, Cosmos: […]

What’s Wrong With The GOP’s “Hell No” Faction

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Ah, August – that time of year when the going gets tough … and Congress gets going. On vacation that is. And, to be fair, maybe Congress needs a vacation. All the stress of not passing laws and constantly thwarting any attempt by President Obama to fix America’s problems seems to be […]