To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Observercast

This Ain’t Politics

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BY SHARON MARTIN If you are more worried about getting the backing of the NRA than you are about the grieving families in Oregon, you...

Hunting Hillary

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BY JOE CONASON Ever since House Speaker John Boehner unveiled yet another committee to investigate Benghazi – the eighth congressional panel to investigate that September 2012 tragedy, along with a State Department Accountability Review Board – suspicions have festered that its purpose was purely partisan and political. Even Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace sounded […]

Drug Price Gouging A Product Of Our Political System

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BY FROMA HARROP If Hollywood had created Martin Shkreli as the monster from Wall Street, we would have accused it of unfair characterization. But Shkreli – a 32-year-old hedge fund director in T-shirts, dabbler in the punk rock music world – has saved Tinseltown the trouble. Shkreli has also done the American people a service […]

Modern Family

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH There is a lot going on in the world, and most of it seems frightening, depressing and utterly beyond our control. So if you have not heard, let me tell you about a really wonderful thing that happened this week, a reminder of what matters most. It’s the story of a wedding […]

Moneyed Elites Get Richer The Old-Fashioned Way: Stealing

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER With the 2016 presidential campaigns in full swing the burdens of the working middle class have taken center stage. And believe it or not, there is bipartisan support from the front-runners on a key issue brought up over and over again. Donnie Trump is for it. Hillary Clinton is for it. Jeb […]