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Category Archives: Thoughts on Life
No One Said It Was Going To Be Easy
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” From President John F. Kennedy’s Address at Rice University, Sept. 12, 1962 I am not … Continue reading
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We Didn’t Run Out of Stones
We didn’t leave the Stone Age because we ran out of stones. We found a “better way” to do things. We can find better ways but it will take all of us committing to DO SOMETHING to shake off the paralysis that currently grips us. Continue reading
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Gray Areas In Life & College Football
At this time of year, we tend to cut college football teams a lot of slack in their bid to see “Who’s In?” Why do we forget to recognize gray areas that exist in real life for many people? Continue reading
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Tagged college football, life, social and economic justice
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100 Years Ago We Thought Very Differently About The Pope
100 years ago it would have been unthinkable for a Pope to address the U.S. Congress. Anti-Catholicism and anti-immigration fervor ran rampant. We take a quick trip back in time to illustrate how one of today’s premier Catholic universities and its premier football team came of age despite this discrimination against the Catholic Church. It gives us hope that 100 years from now, the issues Pope Francis discusses today will also lead to progress. Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice, Thoughts on Life
Tagged anti-catholicism, immigration, Pope
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A Time To Remember The Origins Of Bernie 2016
Jim Hightower once referred to Bernie Sanders as “Tim Carpenter with a Brooklyn accent and a Senate seat.” As Bernie 2016 rightfully gains in popularity and poll numbers, now is a good time to remember the origins of all of this. Without Tim Carpenter and Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) starting the idea of “Run Bernie Run” there wouldn’t be this wonderful political revolution happening. Things of this nature don’t “just happen.” There are people who had the wisdom to see the future and believe in the possibilities. Tim Carpenter was such a man. Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Democratic Progressive Caucus, The Progressive Connection, Thoughts on Life
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders 2016, PDA, Tim Carpenter
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We Remember… and We Look Ahead
This week marks a somber anniversary for human kind. August 6 and August 9, 1945. It has been 70 years since the United States military dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In an age of 24 hour news … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Social Justice, Thoughts on Life
Tagged Iran nuclear deal, pace e bene, peace
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Looking Good At 50
There are many reasons to celebrate as Medicare turns 50 this week. Yet it’s a time to ask why we still don’t have a “Medicare For All” single payer health care delivery system in this country and how the “for profit” insurance companies continue to make it impossible for many to access health care. Bonus points if you know where Lyndon Johnson signed this historic bill into law. Check it out at the end of our blog. Continue reading
Posted in Single Payer-Health Care Reform, Social Justice, Thoughts on Life
Tagged ACA, Bernie Sanders, Health care reform, Medicare, single payer
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Bernie’s Strength & Appeal: He Really Listens To Us
Bernie Sanders “official” announcement yesterday in front of approximately 5,000 enthusiastic supporters in Vermont that he is running for President of the United States has been analyzed from dozens of political directions. Yet, there was one thing that struck me … Continue reading
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Bernie Buzz: Sanders Will Re-Frame Our Political Conversations
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ announcement that he is seeking the Democratic Party’s 2016 Presidential nomination means that We The People now have a voice working to reframe the issues of our day and to remind us that democracy belongs to all of us not just the billionaire class. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, Democracy, Labor, Social Justice, Thoughts on Life
Tagged 2016, Bernie Sanders, populist, Senator Bernie Sanders
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Paul Tsongas: A Journey of Purpose
“I will die someday. All of us will die someday. And we will be judged by those whom we have left behind. Much of that judgment will not be kind. That is a prospect each of us must confront separately. But as a nation, as a society, as a political culture, we face that judgment together. And we, more than any generation in American history, will fail that test if we do not mend our ways.” That from former Senator Paul Tsongas in 1995. A look back at the all too shortened life of a man who learned to create a life of purpose in the time given to him. Continue reading
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