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Monthly Archives: April 2013

What comes after “Fool me twice, shame on me”?

Friday, April 5, 2013

Well, Obama is doing it for at least the third time in his presidency, though I’m sure I’m missing quite a few: proposing as an opening gambit a position that he should accept only as a last resort in any negotiation. Actually, what he’s now proposing, cuts to Social Security and Medicare, should be off […]

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Profiles in Cowardice

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

We Democrats here in Southeastern Connecticut must hang our heads in shame. The only two Democrats to vote against the gun bill in the State Senate are from our part of the state: Cathy Osten of Norwich, and Andy Maynard, whose district includes my home. Andy, some may recall, cast one of the votes that […]

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Storm is threatening

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

I wrote last year about the likelihood that we’ll be seeing right wing movements in Europe, as the bankers put the screws to the common folks so they can preserve their own privileges. Since the Greeks are getting screwed the most, it only stands to reason that it’s most likely, especially given recent Greek history, […]

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 Miracles, redefined

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Those of us upon whom a religious upbringing or education was inflicted are well aware that this past Sunday was the celebration of history’s biggest miracle; the revivification of a man who had been tortured to death by crucifixion. It makes you wonder, doesn’t it, why such wonders never happen in this modern age, for […]

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