Tag Archives: Cultural Change

A Taste of What We Need To Do: Is “Medicare For All” Enough?

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Gentle Reader – Here are a couple of pieces I wrote rapidly and placed on Twitter recently. I have begun work on a book, directed at my fellow citizens, to discuss these issues. read and comment please! The first part … Continue reading

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Trump’s Child Policy

Listen to the children cry. THIS is Trump’s policy on children. Put them in Trump Camps. The Nazis and Stalinists did this.

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It Matters: The Individual Mandate

It appears that, barring some action by the Courts, the Republican Tax “Reform” will become law. While there is much to criticize about this bill, including the massive transfer of wealth from the middle and working class to the rich, … Continue reading

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The Continuation of Hope

My last column noted the amazing work performed by Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF, Doctors without Borders), detailing the Jahun, Nigeria Project. The picture was a sweeping one, the 30,000 foot view of that project. You might ask – you should … Continue reading

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Report from Abroad – Jahun, Nigeria – Part 1

Notes from the Southern Heartland 19 November, 2017   In the introduction to this Column, in July, I mentioned that I would travel with Médecins sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors without Borders) to Africa in early October; that time has arrived. … Continue reading

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Repealing the Affordable Care Act – Be Afraid

Gentle Readers – this was published this morning in the Daily Item, the paper for this area of Pennsylvania. I grant that it is not measured and without passion. But then, if you have read anything I have written, you … Continue reading

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Development of UK Strategy and Options, November 2002 to January 2003

SECTION 3.6 DEVELOPMENT OF UK STRATEGY AND OPTIONS, NOVEMBER 2002 TO JANUARY 2003 Contents Introduction and key findings ………………………………………………………………………….4 The response to resolution 1441 ………………………………………………………………………..5 Iraq’s response …………………………………………………………………………………………….5 Cabinet, 14 November 2002 ……………………………………………………………………………..7 UK assumptions about Iraq’s position ………………………………………………………………..8 JIC … Continue reading

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Development of UK Strategy and Options, 8 to 20 March 2003

SECTION 3.8 DEVELOPMENT OF UK STRATEGY AND OPTIONS, 8 TO 20 MARCH 2003 Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………..402 The end of the UN route ………………………………………………………………………………402 Mr Straw’s statement, 10 March 2003 ……………………………………………………………..412 Informal consultations in New York ……………………………………………………………….416 President Chirac’s interview, 10 … Continue reading

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Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction

SECTION 4 IRAQ’S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION Introduction 1. Section 4 addresses: • how the Joint Intelligence Committee’s (JIC) Assessments of Iraq’s chemical, biological, nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, and the intent of Saddam Hussein’s regime to retain, produce, use … Continue reading

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What Is a Country For? Fighting for the Good Life in Trumplandia

Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, The Best Defense Posted by Rebecca Gordon at 7:31am, January 10, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. At the height of the George W. Bush years, a bit of a TomDispatch piece would sometimes be reposted at a right-wing website with a … Continue reading

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