To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, May 26, 2024

Observercast

The Racist Truth About Beck And Limbaugh

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BY JOE CONASON With admirable calm, President Obama has sought to deflect the supercharged politics of race by expressing his optimism about American attitudes and ignoring the most extreme statements by his critics. For his own sake, as well as the nation’s, he is wise to give a pass to the likes of Glenn Beck […]

Imperfect Moments

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH I have hated graduations for most of my life. High school was my best, and it wasn’t great: I lost out as valedictorian by one-tenth of a point, and the guys who finished third and fourth behind me both got into Harvard and I didn’t. I was heading off to my last […]

Romney Flip-Flops His Way To The Top

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BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN Mitt Romney will be the Republican to face President Obama in the fall. Tuesday night was the clincher, as the former Massachusetts governor won in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, DC. He may stumble on, but the Catholic zealot Rick Santorum is finished, wiped out by Romney’s vast financial resources. Eight years ago, […]

Net Neutrality Stands In Way Of Larger Corporate Profits

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER When it comes to Internet Service Providers and high-speed Internet, the consumer marketplace has hardly been a model of competitiveness. Some of us are lucky enough to be able to choose from two providers, and some of us only have access to one. These digital conduits are essential parts of America’s utility […]

Aging Brings Wisdom To Biden

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WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is a bit older and a lot wiser than former President Donald Trump. Biden, a young, fit 80, traveled on major diplomatic missions to India and Vietnam while Trump, an old, heavy 77, was booed at an Iowa football game. Trump didn’t dress for a Big Ten big game, in […]