Reading time – 37 seconds . . . There was a vote by the village board in Niles, IL on July 22, 2014 regarding a zoning variance to allow a new gun shop to open within a mile of three schools and within 1 block of one of them. The board room was packed with… [read more]
You Aren’t Getting What You Want & Snowballs
Reading time – 91 seconds . . . Last month the Senate rejected a bill that would have allowed for the refinancing of our over $1 trillion of student debt in order to take advantage of today’s low interest rates. Elizabeth Warren commented about that saying, “With this vote we show the American people who… [read more]
Father Flannigan in Texas
This is a guest essay from reader Frank Levy of Houston, TX. It was submitted as a comment to an earlier post, Father Flannigan, Your CEO and the Supreme Court, and was deemed too important to bury at the bottom of the Comments section. It is offered here for your consideration and comment. ————————————- In… [read more]
Doing More of What Doesn’t Work
Reading time – 79 seconds . . . General Colin Powell is one of our most decorated soldiers and a most respected American. He is also a student and has learned a thing or two along the way, some of which were learned at the cost of the blood and the suffering of many. The… [read more]
Father Flannigan, Your CEO and the Supreme Court
Reading time – 79 seconds “And now Father Flannigan will lead us in an invocation that will be meaningful and appropriate for all of us.” With that the head coach of our public high school varsity football team opened the season kick-off meeting for parents and team members on that warm August evening in 1963…. [read more]
What To Do About Arrogance & Indifference
Reading time – 73 seconds . . . In his stunning article in the June, 2014 The Atlantic exploring the issue of reparations for our American treatment of slaves and the effects on their descendents, Ta-Nehisi Coates quotes a Chicago Tribune editorial from 1891 that addresses this same issue: “They have been taught to labor…. [read more]
Pale Blue Dot
Reading time – 39 seconds Because ginormous money influence in our politics is the mother of all of our political dysfunction, I usually focus my energy on that. There are specific issues of vast and lasting importance to us individually and collectively, though, and sometimes there is impetus to stick a toe in specific waters…. [read more]
Action Alert – TODAY!
Reading time – 19 seconds . . . Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) has sponsored a bill to amend the Constitution and has 37 co-sponsors. His bill will overturn corporate rights and begin to get democracy killing big money out of our politics and start us on the road to solving the complex problems that are… [read more]
New Ryan Budget Adjustment
Reading time – 23 seconds . . . Washington DC – In a press briefing in front of the Washington Field Office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) introduced new details of his updated budget plan. “To help save the economy,” Ryan announced, “we’re making an important change to our… [read more]
Nothing Conservative To See Here – Move Along
Reading time . . . 43 seconds There are so many programs that the Republicans used to support, like healthcare reform, gun background checks and programs that suggest something science-y, like cap-and-trade. For six years, though, they have been focused solely on opposing anything President Obama supports, so they have turned their backs on their… [read more]
