Jul 20
A Swedish translation of my book Empowering Your Sober Self has been published by LifeRing Sweden, www.lifering.se. The translation was prepared by Project LifeRing run by Skyddsvärnet, a nonprofit social development organization, with funding from the Heritage Fund. Sophia Olsson, project manager for Project LifeRing, acted as editor and Inger Bodal of City Text is the …
Jul 19
The American Revolution has come in for a beating lately. Gerald Horne’s ground-breaking The Counter-Revolution of 1776, reviewed here earlier, shows that the colonial revolt was at bottom a rear-guard action to preserve a bastion of slavery in a world where England and other European powers had already moved forward to abolition. Seen from London, …
Jul 13
By Carol Denney Reposted by permission of the author from the Berkeley Daily Planet 7/4/16 The San Francisco Chronicle spearheaded a blizzard of coverage in June 2016 on homelessness which included 70 news outlets by its own count, calling it the “S. F. Homeless Project.” And after a week of homeless-focused stories, the San Francisco …
Jul 12
Today Bernie formally endorsed Hillary, as expected. Reading between the lines of his “Forever Forward” email, it looks like Hillary made some platform concessions to sweeten this sour deal. She supported reduction of student debt and increases in medical coverage. Apart from that, Hillary’s people appear to have blocked all forward movement on the platform, …
Jul 06
John Leguizamo’s thirteen-year old son has to write a class report on “My Hero.” The kid knows that his father is Latino but insists that he himself is not. Trying to help him with his project, and make him proud of his Latin heritage at the same time, Leguizamo dives into research about Latino history. In …
Jul 06
An Old-Time Convention In Philadelphia? By Tom Gallagher Reposted by permission It’s quite understandable that some might think this whole Democratic nomination thing was over long ago — or at least should have been — even though they’re still counting June 7 California primary votes (Hillary Clinton’s overall win is not in doubt, but Bernie Sanders …
Jun 04
Deeply moved by the loss of Muhammad Ali. He brought grace and beauty to a brutal sport. Amidst a corrupt and venal business, he was a beacon of principle and an exemplar of moral courage. I will never forget his heroic stance of opposition to the Vietnam war. The price he had to pay makes me …
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