Writer Kurt Vonnegut's letter home, written soon after his release from a POW camp, was published here early this week. Believe it or not, my dad was the real writer back then - he even kept a diary for a few days.
I have spent the last few days reading numerous blog posts on whether progressives should continue to support the Senate Bill on healthcare reform. These would include posts by Ezra Klein, Nate Silver and Kevin Drum on the pro-side and posts on Daily Kos and FireDogLake on [...]
Well, I'm about to head out of town for a few days. Thanksgiving is the holiday when we're supposed to think about what we're thankful for. I'm thankful for the fact that Lyndon LaRouche never succeeded in any of his attempts to get elected president.
[...]My landlady told me a few days ago how surprised she was to hear an interview on the local NPR station with two families from our neighborhood, part of the 100 local families using a local church’s food bank. When I saw her the next day, she said she’d mentioned [...]
