To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Monday, May 6, 2024

Observercast

The What-Abouts And Whereabouts Of Sen. Pat Roberts

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER In The Wizard Of Oz, Dorothy assessed the odd things she was experiencing and said to her little dog, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Lately, Sen. Pat Roberts has gained a new understanding of what Dorothy meant. The Kansas Republican has been in the U.S. Senate for 18 […]

The Home Country

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Kiev did not seem familiar when I visited a few years ago for the first and only time. Old and a little tired, but friendly. Reasonable. It wasn’t scary and off-putting; it was bright and shiny. Red Square meets Beverly Hills, more mirrors than Las Vegas – like the little bright pocket […]

Stop Insulting Minimum Wage Workers

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BY FROMA HARROP Beating down low-paid workers is not only not nice but also not necessarily good for business. And though some arguments against raising the minimum wage are debatable, others are simply insulting. The national minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour. Back in 1968, it was $10.77 in today’s dollars. So President Obama’s […]

Recycling For Fun And Profit: The Imminent Return Of The ‘Clinton Scandals’

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BY JOE CONASON Hillary Clinton may well run for president in 2016. Or she may not. But while the nation awaits her decision, both jittery Republican politicians and titillated political journalists – often in concert – will seize upon any excuse to recycle those old “Clinton scandals.” The latest trip around this endless loop began […]

Woody And Dylan

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH I wasn’t going to write about this. It’s a movie I know too well. Matthew Hale, centuries ago, said that “rape … is an accusation easily to be made and hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, tho never so innocent.” I’ve spent much of my […]