by joe | Sep 27, 2011 | News & Politics
From the New York Times Sunday Review: A fantastic historical perspective of how we got where we are now… Please read this… May Day celebration in Union Square, New York City, 1934. A protester at the recent demonstrations around Wall Street. September 24,...
by joe | Sep 20, 2011 | News & Politics, Uncategorized
Obama’s deficit proposal marks a move away from compromise By calling for a millionaire’s tax and threatening to veto any bill that doesn’t address revenue as well as spending, Obama tacitly admits than his push for a ‘grand bargain’ with...
by joe | Sep 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
OpEdNews Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Ten-Reasons-to-Move-Cheney-by-Medea-Benjamin-110829-531.html (Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Associate Member, or higher). August 29, 2011 Ten Reasons to Move...
by joe | Aug 13, 2011 | Books
I got some good news yesterday. I’ve written a novel titled, ANIMUS, and while it’s not published yet, and at the moment is being evaluated by an agent — I got a positive review on ReadersFavorite.com, a book review site, and apparently when the book...
by joe | Aug 9, 2011 | Sex Trafficking
This film and this book really brought home the horrors of the sex slave trade, and how it’s a definitely a growth industry! A very scary thought… If you sell guns or drugs, you make one sale, but if you sell a human being, you can sell that person many,...
by joe | Aug 1, 2011 | News & Politics
Do you get the feeling Obama and Democratic leaders have completely caved in? I mean, is the right wing of the Republican Party that frightening? Why have the Dems chosen to play dead and let the tea party-hard-cases dismantle 70 years of the American social safety...
by joe | Aug 1, 2011 | News & Politics
“…The world is watching in fearful — and sometimes gleeful — fascination as the Tea Party drives a Thunderbird off the cliff with the president and speaker of the House strapped in the back. The Dow is hiding under the bed with a glass of single malt. Can...
by joe | Jul 20, 2011 | Business
Michael Hiltzik of the L.A. Times has ruined my day. Probably my all-time favorite company, Amazon, just cut loose its California Associates so it could pursue a strategy of greed:...
by joe | Jul 4, 2011 | Books
This is a very cool post on today’s NY Times. Here’s the link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/07/03/movies/harry-potter-timeline.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha28. You can track the dates from when J.K. Rowling got the idea for her boy-wizard...
by joe | Jun 27, 2011 | Sports
This piece by Michael Sokolove (in yesterday’s New York Times’ Magazine) is the best article I’ve ever read on the physics of baseball. Here’s a sample: At 90 miles per hour, average major-league speed, a baseball leaves the pitcher’s hand and...