Gabi Clayton by Henry A. Giroux; Pennsylvania State University Instead of providing a decent education to poor young people, American society offers them the growing potential of being incarcerated, buttressed by the fact that the U.S. is one of the few countries in the world that sentences minors to death and spends “three times more on each …
Tell Americans what to do? Dare to suggest that they’re doing something wrong, or that their behaviors are dangerous and destructive and irresponsible? Are you insane? This is America! We’re flawless! by Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist ~ Wednesday, May 10, 2006 quote: Bring On The $6 Gallon Of Gas ~ It would revolutionize America. …
Thanks to John Amato’s Crooks and Liars for reminding me of Jackson Browne’s song “Lives in the Balance” first released in 1986. (It was written about Ronald Reagan the USA involvemet in El Salvador. For bacground, see this on the PBS film Enemies of War with the story, a timeline, talkback, resources and more.) Lives …
Mrs. Betty Bowers is the First to Review “The Da Vinci Code” Quote from the review: As an unwavering Republican, I have quite naturally burned more books than I have read.[1] As such, I seldom read any fiction not found between the bejeweled covers of the Bowers’ family Bible. Nevertheless, believing that anything that infuriates …
It was a good night. First we went to Noel’s place and met Linus the cat who hid from us in the closet. Catherine got him to purr but he didn’t come out to meet Alec and me. Then out to dinner and to Town Hall Seattle. The Righteous Mothers were excellent ~ they sang …
“Breaking news. There’s been a sighting of the Compassionate Conservative. You remember that guy, George W. Bush, by name. Years before he pronounced himself ”the decider,” he was the ”uniter not a divider” (say that three times fast!), who promised to govern with benevolent concern for society’s less fortunate. A compassionate conservative, he said, acknowledging …
Alec, Catherine and I are going to Seattle first for dinner with Noel and then to Town Hall Seattle. The evening there will be opened by The Righteous Mothers. Then Cindy Sheehan and Anthony Arnove will speak. The Righteous Mothers are four female progressive feminist folk musicians based in the Olympia area. They have fantastic …