Well, Vermont is about to surpass us folks in Massachusetts as the most progressive state when it comes to healthcare. You just can’t figure us New Englanders out, can you? We elect Teddy, then Scott Brown, we pass universal health care and dare Brown to vote against it, and our northern neighbors vote in the [...]
There are some people who can forgive almost any trespass. They tell us that the act of forgiving frees them of the feelings of despair and hatred. People can accept a misdeed if that misdeed is covered by a generous amount of apology, pomp and circumstance and above all else, ceremony. Humans have an [...]
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Nathan sings to and for all those who just became “names.” Hopefully Nathan will not have to continue to write songs about those who go to war and those who don’t come back.
Here’s an article from that bastion of liberalism, The Wall Street Journal, reflecting on George W. Bush’s contribution (or lack thereof) to the creation of jobs in The United States. It turns out his administration was the worst on record. Please note that today’s Republican’s want to keep the Bush Tax Cuts in place PERMANENTLY. [...]
This is an interesting video. It is of another presidential hopeful referencing our Constitution via things not in it.
What is truly bothersome about this is the fact it is far from an isolated incident. Reading our constitution isn’t exactly like reading “War and Peace.”
Even with the amendments added through [...]
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