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Doped and duped
Posted on October 9, 2013 20 Comments
Maybe a deal will be struck by the time this post goes ‘live’. Irrespective of what transpires (and I sure hope we will avert this debt ceiling disaster), what I am writing here still applies, as what underlies the latest fire drill has been brewing for decades. There is a pole shift taking place that […]
Babes ‘n’ arms
Posted on October 1, 2013 6 Comments
The New York Times now has a running series of articles as a category, focusing on guns and the NRA. I happened to notice two of them this week that are particularly concerning and both have to do with the fact that children are being targeted for gun sales and are also killing each other […]
Fear and loathing
Posted on September 17, 2013 2 Comments
Not of Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson), not of Christianity (Friedrich Nietzsche) but of life itself. I have been reading the book The Envoy about Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish aristocrat and humanitarian who made it his personal mission to save thousands of Hungarian Jews in the waning years of WWII. In one memorable scene, Wallenberg […]
NYC litmus test
Posted on September 3, 2013 4 Comments
The New York City mayoral race continues to deliver interesting insights on a number of levels. Not only has it provided prime circus-like entertainment through the unfortunate campaign antics of Anthony Weiner, but there has just been a surprising turning of the tide toward Bill deBlasio. I have contended all along that this is an […]
The right kind of parenting
Posted on August 29, 2013 6 Comments
[The President] declared that securing the gains of civil rights leaders “requires constant vigilance, not complacency.” “Whether it’s by challenging those who erect new barriers to the vote or ensuring that the scales of justice work equally for all and the criminal justice system is not simply a pipeline from underfunded schools to overcrowded jails,” […]
Beth Byrnes 
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