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Suite101.com

Published on 2011-03-07 20:45:00

I've decided that for at least the time being I will do freelance writing over at suite101.com. My first article entitled, Ideologically Conservative, Operationally Liberal & In Distress was just published on their site. I'll leave the Intrepid L > read more

Bernie Sanders Gets It & Says It

Published on 2010-12-05 22:28:00

Alas, Sanders is only one of the remaining few willing and able to fight the good fight. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping > read more

Arc of Identity

Published on 2010-07-11 16:02:00

I’ve been a loyal Democrat and devoted liberal my entire life. Even as a teenager when Reagan was popular with my generation, intuitively I knew his vision was wrong. So I worked my butt off for the party and registered voters. I did this on faith > read more

Independence Day & George Carlin

Published on 2010-07-04 20:48:00

Is there any country on this Earth more contradictory than mine? The late comedian George Carlin once observed in a classic rant that, “this country was founded by slave owners who wanted to be free.” Indeed, in that little rant, Carlin defined A > read more

Predatory Conservatism Is Like A Venereal Disease

Published on 2010-06-16 20:16:00

A short post this evening. After President Obama’s speech last night I pondered how the hell we got here. I’m not simply referring to the oil spill but America’s and the world’s rapidly decaying condition.Under George W. Bush liberals warned > read more

Support Chris Owens For State Committee

Published on 2010-06-13 19:02:00

It seems that entropy has been unleashed upon our lives. Hyper-sized banks, corrupt institutions, out of control developers and a political culture that wages class warfare against regular folks has taken a wrecking ball to the American dream. Here i > read more

If Only I Could Laugh

Published on 2010-06-13 12:51:00

If I didn’t care so much, if the stakes for civilization were not so high, if the fate of our ecosystem didn’t hang precariously in the balance and our blood and treasure were not so casually tossed aside on behalf of a crumbling empire, I could > read more

Helen Thomas Speaks Her Mind

Published on 2010-06-07 22:06:00

As a teenager between the hours of 6PM to 9PM I often listened to sports talk radio host Art Rust, Jr. on WABC. Rust was a pioneer who as a black man broke down barriers to become a prominent media personality and important influence. Rust's call in > read more

Memo To Senator Russ Feingold: Lead the Charge Against the Israeli Lobby

Published on 2010-06-06 19:20:00

As an American Jew, I’ve received two constant messages since childhood: Israel’s existence is essential to our survival and Jewish people must remain vigilant against oppression. Hence, whenever Israel was criticized such as the war against the > read more

No More Hiatus

Published on 2010-06-06 12:46:00

During my twenties a decade ago, I worked at a wholesale ophthalmic lens warehouse in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn. It was my job to open as many accounts as I could nationwide via telemarketing as well as troubleshoot customer complaints. It was a tough > read more