Chris Matthews "has his own views" on Socialism, and, apparently, they end with an ascendant Left rounding up neo-liberals in Times Square. How he makes the jump from Medicare for All and affordable education to Animal Farm is only a mystery if you think he's being honest. Socialism calls for the nationalization of all major … Continue reading A Brief Word About Socialism
Category: politics
Joe Biden Takes On…Poor Young People?
I did this a week or so ago. Joe Biden has other problems right now, but I still don't think running against young people is a great political choice. https://youtu.be/bE_acqbnyuc
It Bears Repeating
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its … Continue reading It Bears Repeating
Fund the Future with Middle Class Tax Cuts and Higher Corporate Taxes
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling for a Green New Deal. Kamala Harris is calling for tax cuts that actually cut taxes for the middle class. Everyone wants to know how we're going to pay for these things. I've been kicking some ideas around today in partial conversation with a friend. A Green New Deal will probably … Continue reading Fund the Future with Middle Class Tax Cuts and Higher Corporate Taxes
Romney’s Lebowski Problem
This is from March, 2012. I’m reposting it today because everyone seems to think Mitt Romney is going to save the world from Donald Trump. Or something. Source: Romney’s Lebowski Problem – Chris Cocca
Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong – The Huffington Post
This is a really long read by Michael Hobbes, and there are many quotes I could pull in the hopes that you'll read it. I'm going with this one, because the issue with our food supply is, in my opinion, the biggest public health crisis we talk the least about: "Since 1980, the obesity rate … Continue reading Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong – The Huffington Post
Heroes and Villains: Brian Wilson, Donald Trump
I just watched the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors for Brian Wilson. For reasons that are easy to guess -- his life story, his genius, his music -- I am sobbing. For other things, too: for him, for us; in gratitude, in fear. A decade later, neither the country nor the world look anything like they … Continue reading Heroes and Villains: Brian Wilson, Donald Trump
