By Desmond Tutu I am saddened today at the prospect of a young Hispanic immigrant in Arizona going to the grocery store and forgetting to bring her passport and immigration documents with her. I cannot be dispassionate about the fact that the very act of her being in the grocery store will soon be a [...]

I completely understood (pretty much) all my friends when they explained to me (around the Wall Street and Banking bailout led by the Goldman Sachs people running the government under the newly elected Obama) that Obama had no choice but to spend those taxpayer’s trillions. They made it clear that it was because the financial [...]

I’m having trouble with the concept of human nature today. There is a general sense that I keep getting that at its core human nature is really pretty screwed up. You could call it original sin or the death instinct (ala Freud). You can look at yourself and say, “Boy, I’m really self destructive.” (God [...]

Coat Maker Transforms Obama Photo Into Ad By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD Published: January 6, 2010 A garment company in New York known for publicity stunts has seized the attention of the Obama administration. The Weatherproof Garment Company installed a billboard in Times Square on Wednesday showing President Obama wearing what appears to be one of its [...]

“Our Representatives are struggling hard with this Health Care Issue.” That’s a lie. Every single Right Wing Senator whole-heartedly supports single payer Health Care coverage wholly paid for by the Federal Government because he has it. His whole family has it. Obama has it. Dick Cheney has it. All the moderates who struggle with where [...]

It’s been almost a week now and I still remain haunted by the images of that Health Care Summit that was called by the White House last week. Thankfully the images have faded a bit. — the massive tables with all those important representatives. The blue and yellow bunting. Who put up all that bunting? [...]

“Haiti’s disaster, on the front of every newspaper, has given Goldman Sachsan unequalled opportunity. A simple act of generosity could bring it front-page publicity, one that would do much to allay the ontroversy on everyone’s lips. By donating just half of their bonuses to Haitian relief,they will outmatch the Haitian GDP, and improve not only [...]

This is a despicable Health Bill, a stain on the soul of anyone who has worked on it, who supports it, who believes they have done anything right in birthing it. If there is a hell I would want everyone involved with this bill to end up in it, nonetheless… This Bill should be passed. [...]

Funny how history keeps repeating herself. Afghanistan. Who would’ve thought this President, after all his campaign talk about pulling troops out of the Middle East, would end up pulling a Lyndon Johnson. I’m old enough now (60, not bad) to see it all happening again. Exactly the same story. Exactly. Massive corruption in a country [...]