Illuminate Me - Politics
While Americans are being laid off, evicted from their homes, struggling to provide food for their children and for themselves, Republicans insist that the best way forward is tax breaks for rich people. Let me see if I"ve got this straight. Accordin
I"ve seen some pretty confusing things; things that made me scratch my head and wonder just what the hell a person could be thinking when they made that decision. Nothing I"ve ever seen confuses me more than watching otherwise intelligent, thoughtful
Is it possible to win even after a devastating defeat? Ive often been able to look on the bright side of things, to see beyond the difficulties that life hands me and to see the silver lining. Its not always possible to do so when youre defe
Well, what do you know? We found another war. We Americans are cutting our federal budget to the bone. Everyone is becoming more and more fearful that the future will be visited byhardship and hunger unheard of by the soft, spoiled, children of our
It shouldnt be too difficult to understand why, but our democracy is worth celebrating every day. While many of us take it for granted, the United States is seen as a shining example of government by the people, for the people that others th
There is something insidious about the double standard of accountability in our society. The people who enforce our laws and who are entrusted with the awesome authority to revoke a persons freedom or, indeed, a persons very life, are responsible for
Observation from Thomas Jefferson, in his 1824 letter to Henry Lee;Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the
By Linda Watten Sunday, June 19, 2011Hands across the semenshipWell. Sorry about the tasteless pun. But I thought the bar should be set low to get us started. This is of course about the Strauss-Kahn hoohah - posted from where I
