Politics, the Economy and Other Serious Stuff

Walking Manhattan: Harlem, Grant’s Tomb, Katz’s Deli

05.21.2012

by Lisa Weldon of reSoulin’ my dancing shoes My sister and daughter are in town today. Will take a few days off and post only quick thoughts. To start our day, Michele and I walked down the street to find farmers, bakers, and beekeepers setting up a fresh market. Peaches, cherries, raspberries, freshly baked breads and [...]

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Random Progressive Thoughts on Watching the GOP Pick Their Candidate

02.08.2012

by Mark Paxson of King Midget Ramblings The power of money and the development of Super PACs since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision continue the distortion of our democratic electoral process. It is remarkable that President Obama has raised over $200 million already and that Super PACs aligned against him will raise much more than [...]

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Mitt or Newt: Who Do the Democrats Want to Face in 2012?

01.24.2012

Which nominee would give the Democrats the best opportunity to win in November?

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New Hampshire 2012

01.10.2012

What’s interesting about all of this is that these candidates want to stay in Iraq and Afghanistan, and invade Iran, all while cutting taxes even more than they have been.

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Election 2012: The Discussion Begins

01.03.2012

Tuesday, January 3rd, after 231 debates filling the void, 41 candidates rising and falling, and billions of words printed and spoken about the Republican primary, the first votes will be cast.

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Portrait of A Citizen

11.17.2011

If she changed out of her T-shirt, ball cap and fanny pack and put on the garments of an 18th century goodwife hawking fish at a fayre, that would work too.

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Wordless Wednesday Writers Workshop

11.16.2011

I’ll post my response tomorrow; send me yours at jane(at)midlifebloggers(dot)com  

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Talking about race and American politics…

11.11.2011

It raises all those scary questions about race and politics and Obama and whites and the media…

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Barry Goldwater was right after all

11.06.2011

Not about everything, but about this definitely   Now go visit taradharma.blogspot.com who has taken up the MLBNaBloPoMo challenge with me.  It’s not too late for you to join in.  Just shoot me an email–jane(at)midlifebloggers(dot)com–giving me your url so I can post it for all of us to visit.       Photo: ozmud.wordpress.com

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What I Would Like–But Probably Won’t Get

11.05.2011

I would like the box boys at my local supermarket to stop trying to engage me in conversation…

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