Lawmakers applaud after U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) signed the Inflation Reduction Act after the House of Representatives passed it at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on August 12, 2022. (Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images) “Democrats should close the election with a clear argument about… Continue reading
By Marc Sandalow | Special to The Examiner | Oct 14, 2022 Updated 4 hrs ago (SFExaminer.com) The front page of last week’s Washington Post screamed out a warning about the future of American democracy. “A majority of GOP nominees deny or question the 2020 election results‘’ read the headline. The analysis… Continue reading
NONFICTION “Confidence Man,” Maggie Haberman’s biography of the former president, argues that it’s essential to grasp New York’s steamy, histrionic folkways. Credit…Damon Winter/The New York TimesBUY BOOK ▾ When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Joe Klein Sept. 28, 2022 (NYTimes.com) CONFIDENCE MAN:… Continue reading
Talks at Google Jun 24, 2012 Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences recipient (2001) , visited Google on June 12, 2012 to talk about his new book THE PRICE OF INEQUALITY: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future. Check out his Vanity Fair article (http://goo.gl/u40jE), which he starts… Continue reading
“Self-purification must precede political action.” –Mahatma Gandhi “Everybody falls. People are watching to see how you get back up.” –Marianne Williamson “God will not do for us what He can’t do through us.” –Marianne Williamson Commune Premiered Oct 13, 2022 Watch Marianne’s Master Class, How to Be a Spiritual Beacon:… Continue reading
FRI, 10/14/2022 – BY CARL GIBSON (Occupy.com) This is the fourth installment of an ongoing series about the Republican Party’s embrace of fascism as a political strategy. Click the hyperlinks to read parts one, two, and three. One central component of fascism is the targeting of an “othered” population for either harassment or outright… Continue reading
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) holds up a copy of the GOP’s “Commitment to America” during a September 29, 2022 press conference outside the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) “Social Security and Medicare are on the ballot next month,”… Continue reading
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questions executives of the nation’s largest banks on September 22, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) “Throwing Americans out of work with a recession is not the solution to fight inflation,” wrote Sen. Elizabeth Warren. JAKE JOHNSON October 14, 2022 (CommonDreams.org) Despite the massive… Continue reading
In Pennsylvania, and beyond By Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner October 13, 2022 (steady@substack.com) Photo credit: Nate Smallwood Elections are about a lot things — policy, partisanship, personality (and those are just the words that begin with “p”) — but they can also boil down to a basic question: Who is fit to… Continue reading
