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Real News

Posted on October 21, 2013 by johnrachel

Wonder what you may have missed for the three weeks that the soap opera of the shutdown and debt ceiling crisis monopolized the news? Here are some clues. This is only a start but perhaps offers some perspective. Continue reading →

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The ‘P’ Word

Posted on July 2, 2013 by johnrachel

When I was young and naive I believed in the perfectibility of humankind. Now I believe in the improvability of humankind. Maybe now I’m old and naive. I hope not. Continue reading →

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The Day That Changed The World

Posted on October 31, 2012 by johnrachel

The coming election will probably change nothing. The wars will go on. The plundering of our national wealth will continue. The waste of our valuable talents and energies through unemployment and underemployment will march forward. Social Security and Medicare will be chipped away until sometime in the future they are hollowed out and meaningless. The rich will get richer and most of us will be grateful for the few scraps we get. But we CAN change the world. Continue reading →

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Gridlock or Lockstep?

Posted on April 28, 2012 by johnrachel

We may be down but we’re not out. Over the next couple weeks, follow a plan that will take any incumbent down who insists that his rich friends with the big check books are more important than you and I. Continue reading →

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