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No one’s afraid of Virginia’s wolf
Posted on October 28, 2013 20 Comments
Two things happened simultaneously this weekend. I listened to the reports (and read them in the NYT) of Europeans who are now worried about what is happening in the US, given a barrage of frightening warnings that have been leaked to the world insidiously for months. On the heels of that recognition, I had a […]
Whose values?
Posted on October 14, 2013 29 Comments
This is Columbus Day. I just heard that there is a movement to change this holiday to Native American’s Day. Sounds like a good idea to me. That made me think about a couple of things going on right now. For one, one of our three parties is holding their annual “Values Voter Summit” this […]
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 […]
We the sheeple …
Posted on September 24, 2013 9 Comments
Over the weekend, watching all my usual news shows, I was bombarded by talk of the looming twin crises of government funding and debt ceiling showdowns. The media, in their usual, ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ fashion, were stirring the cauldron again, instilling a growing sense of dread that something terrible is about to happen, […]
Beth Byrnes 
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