Congressman Wexler needs help
Congressman Robert Wexler needs our help. I felt I had to get the word out the minute I got his e-mail today. He's got two opponents, both independently wealthy, and one of them has pledged to spend...
View ArticleEnough is Enough and it's Time for a Change!
Some of you may remember a professional wrestler named Owen Hart. Owen spent most of his career as a "heel" (bad guy) - which was ironic, because he was universally admired, loved, and respected in...
View ArticleChurch of the Invisible Hand - Sermon on Health Care "Reform"
We open to a chapel, filled with pews. Men and women - mostly men, and mostly white - in business attire, fill the pews and talk quietly amongst themselves about the Dow Jones Industrial Average, how...
View ArticleChurch of the Invisible Hand - On Welfare and Regulation
We have returned to the Church of the Invisible Hand. (Last week's sermon is here.) The pews are filled again, mostly with WASP males, just like last week. A number of them are admiring the new statue...
View ArticleThey just aren't listening to us....
I know this won't be news to anyone, but I'm just so damned frustrated with our dysfunctional political system - a system that allows duly elected representatives to freely ignore their constituents.I...
View ArticleRecovering the Power of the Big Stick
Every nation has its own mythology, its own legends, its own story. Often, those legends come in the form of weaponry - weapons capable of summoning the lightning, cutting rivers, and defeating evil....
View ArticleHelp Dan Connolly (PA-18) get his ad on TV!
Dan Connolly is challenging Republican Tim Murphy in PA-18. According to the Connolly campaign, they are the first challenger to Murphy to have a TV ad, and they need your help to get the word out and...
View ArticleGreat Letter from Today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It isn't often that you run into a really, really great letter to the editor in your friendly neighborhood newspaper. This week was different. Read, enjoy, spread.
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