To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Friday, May 17, 2024

Observercast

Pat Me!

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH A revolt is apparently growing at the grassroots level – being fanned by politicians and right-wing talking heads – against the new procedures being used by the TSA to ensure that people with bombs and weapons don’t get on airplanes with you and me and our loved ones. If you ask me, […]

Giving Thanks To Citizens And Grass Roots Progressives

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER This Thanksgiving, even progressive Americans can find plenty of progress for which we can be grateful. Let’s start with the Girl Scouts of America. When news broke that the national organization for girls had fallen off its ethical pony, many of its grass-roots members and supporters knew that the first job of […]

The Hard Work Of A Downtown Christmas

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BY FROMA HARROP Friday night in the big city, I’m bopping along Fifth Avenue with my brother, and the place is one huge construction site. But this evening’s industriousness differs from the usual after-hours midtown work. Guys aren’t pouring new cement, climbing out of sewer manholes or replacing air-conditioning systems. They’re not unloading truckloads of […]

Time For A Real Mutiny

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BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN So much for 2010 as the year of mutiny, when the American people rose up and said, “Enough! Throw the bums out!” As the dust finally clears after the midterm elections, and the bodies are hauled from the field of battle, guess what? It was all so predictable. The safest thing to […]

Travel Etiquette

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH The first time I ever got on an airplane – to fly from Boston to New York, around 1970 – I got all dressed up. Flying was a big deal. The airport was, I thought, one of the most glamorous places I’d ever been. There were all kinds of problems on that […]