To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Saturday, May 4, 2024

Observercast

Swing For Fences Or Lose

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BY FROMA HARROP Is there a patriot in the house? Is there anyone in Washington who regards governing as a means to accomplish anything other than win the sterile game of Democrat versus Republican? Every day, American soldiers risk their lives for their country, but people in Congress won’t even risk their jobs to pass […]

Hope In The Deep Freeze

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BY JOE CONASON On the eve of his first State of the Union Address, Barack Obama confided that he would “rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president.” But his proposal to freeze domestic spending is exactly the kind of policy that could result in four years of stagnation – rewarded […]

The Supreme Coup

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Despite 234 years of progress toward the American ideal of equality for all, we still have to battle unfairness. How happy, then, to learn that a handful of our leaders in Washington took bold and forceful action last week to lift another group of downtrodden Americans from the pits of injustice, helping […]

Criticism Of ‘Avatar’ More Interesting Than The Film

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BY FROMA HARROP Somewhere between “Avatar’s” first billion-dollar gross and its subsequent $841 million take lie my 10 bucks. “Avatar” is about blue-skinned beings who confront Earthlings actively strip mining their natural paradise on the moon Pandora. Many groups, from the Vatican to political conservatives to multiculturalists, have objected to various messages in the film […]

Harold Ford’s Big Ambition

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH I like Harold Ford. The former congressman and senatorial candidate from Tennessee is bright, articulate and attractive. But that doesn’t mean he should be the senator from New York. There is a woman holding that job now, and she deserves to keep it. Ford has no business challenging her in the primary. […]