Opinion
Needed: Jobs
October 14, 2009Two hundred fifty billion dollars budgeted for the Wall Street bailout has gone unused, the media reported this week.
Read moreProblem is ‘private option’
October 14, 2009If ever there was an argument for strong government action to guarantee health care for all it is the outrageous threat by the insurance industry that it will massively increase premium rates if it does not...
Read moreA Stranger to Myself: Losing oneself in war
October 14, 2009As a German soldier on the frontlines of Hitler’s war machine, Willy Peter Reese endured and inflicted the unimaginable, saw the horrible and came face-to-face with the life and death realities of war.
Read moreWoody Guthrie ‘in his prime’
October 13, 2009After discovering master recordings of the legendary Woody Guthrie in a Brooklyn basement, Rounder Records released a four-disc boxed set, "My Dusty Road."
Read moreStarting the conversation – no small achievement
October 12, 2009Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama has evoked an explosion of opinions – some for, some against. I have to admit that I was caught by surprise by the reactions.
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