To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Observercast

A Human Face

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH “On Aug. 4, he’s an Eagle Scout and has the highest honor,” Pascal Tessier’s mother, Tracie Felker, told a reporter. “Aug. 5, all of a sudden, he’s no longer good enough to be a Boy Scout.” Pascal Tessier is not the first gay Eagle Scout. He is the first openly gay Eagle […]

The Mobsters Of Wall Street

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Assume that you ran a business that was found guilty of bribery, forgery, perjury, defrauding homeowners, fleecing investors, swindling consumers, cheating credit card holders, violating U.S. trade laws and bilking American soldiers. Can you even imagine the kind of punishment you’d get? How about zero? Nada. Nothing. Zilch. No jail time. Not […]

Deficit Of Truth

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What Republicans Hope You Don’t Know – And Never Find Out   BY JOE CONASON Listening to Republicans in Congress wailing incessantly about our spendthrift culture raises a nagging question: What would they do, besides talking, if they actually wanted to reduce federal deficits and, eventually, the national debt? First, they would admit that President Barack […]

Hoffman And Heroin

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH When my kids were little, an older and more experienced mother told me that one key to raising kids safely is to limit the number of “nos” to what really matters and insist firmly on those. Motorcycles and heroin, she said, which seems like a pretty good list. I added driving drunk […]

ObamaCare Bad-News Report Not So Bad

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BY FROMA HARROP Rarely has a bad-news story offered so little real bad news. We refer to the Congressional Budget Office report that the Affordable Care Act may reduce the number of hours worked by the equivalent of 2.5 million full-time jobs. But to be precise, millions of workers will choose to cut their working hours. […]