Opinion
Editorial: Peoples business cant wait
January 9, 2009President-elect Obama’s now oft-repeated refrain that “the people’s business can’t wait” is becoming more obvious every day. The crashing of overloaded electronic unemployment filing systems in many parts of the country underlines again the urgency of...
Read moreYou read it here first: predictions for 2009
January 9, 2009When analog TV broadcast ends Feb. 17 all hell will break lose. The biggest stimulus package in U.S. history ... Campaigns for a restoration of full employment ... The Internet will spew democracy far beyond capitalism’s...
Read moreThere is plenty of hope for progress if we struggle as a people
January 8, 2009Originally published on LatinoLA, Jan. 7, The change in the White House and Congress is significant, important victories can be won Just imagine if John McCain and Sara Palin had been elected.
Read moreBlues: Oxygen for working people
January 7, 2009I went to see Cadillac Records with two of my movie buddies on the night after opening in Houston. This great movie is an exceptional attempt to portray the genius of African-American music.
Read moreTen best and worst movies I saw and didn’t see in 2008
January 7, 2009Here are my impressions of the great and not-so-great films of 2008. (There are still a lot I've got to see).
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