To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Observercast

The New Front-Runner

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH It was just at this time in 2003 – on Dec. 9, to be exact – that former Vice President Al Gore endorsed insurgent candidate Howard Dean, making him the official frontrunner and nominee-apparent in the Democratic race for the president. Looking back, many people said the endorsement was the kiss of […]

Newt And The Donald A-Courting Go

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BY FROMA HARROP Liberals and conservatives both seem obsessed with the behavior of “the 1%,” but there the similarity ends. Liberals seek to change the ways of the richest 1%, while many conservatives focus on the bottom 1%. The latter was on display as Republican Newt Gingrich proposed having poor young people clean their schools. […]

The Deep Shallowness Of Professor Gingrich

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Mea culpa, I misspoke, my bad – I stand corrected. In past commentaries, I have called Newt Gingrich a lobbyist. Apparently, he hates that tag, even though he has indeed gotten very wealthy by taking big bucks from such special interest outfits as IBM, AstraZeneca, Microsoft and Siemens in exchange for helping […]

Gulnaz’s Story

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Gulnaz is an Afghan woman who was raped. For reporting it, she was sentenced to three years in prison. Her baby – a child of the rape – cries in the background. Her punishment for appealing her sentence was that it was increased to 12 years. She has been in prison for […]

Paper Is More Forever

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BY FROMA HARROP How many of you want your holiday greetings to arrive in the form of thick paper cards delivered by the United States Postal Service? Now, how many prefer your cheery wishes to arrive in your e-mail inbox, always available via a click or two, assuming you remember where they’re stored? Let’s have […]