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Author: Barbara Finch

Barbara L. Finch is a writer and former public relations practitioner. In 2005 she and three friends founded Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice, an organization of progressive women now numbering more than 500 members and friends.

When a museum forgets that it’s a museum

October 23, 2012 Barbara Finch Cities, History, Literature/Arts/Film, Missouri region, States Leave a comment

It’s disappointing that those who are in charge at the Missouri History Museum seem to have forgotten an important rule when it comes to

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​Poor Leon Cooperman, Chapter 2

October 11, 2012 Barbara Finch 2012 Election, Business, Corporations, Economy, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

Things just don’t seem to be getting much better for poor Leon Cooperman, about whom I have previously written on Occasional Planet. He still

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Voter canvassing: Who knew it could be funny?

September 20, 2012 Barbara Finch 2012 Election, Campaigns, Humor Leave a comment

During an election season, there are a lot of things that supporters can do for their candidates.  Give money, of course.  Distribute literature door-to-door. 

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Hello, good buy: Goodbye, healthy communities

September 14, 2012 Barbara Finch Business, Cities, Corporations One comment

In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a nation of powerful warrior women.  Legend has it that these women even cut off their right breasts….the

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Wanted: More masochists in Missouri

September 5, 2012 Barbara Finch Business, Charity & Justice, Consumer issues, Financial reform, Missouri region, Poverty, States Leave a comment

Honestly, I think you have to be a masochist to work for social justice in MIssouri. Case in point:  the recent effort to get

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First get scared, then get steamed

August 9, 2012 Barbara Finch Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, Government, Missouri region, Public safety, Violence 5 comments

Last week Missouri State Representative Stacey Newman wrote a guest commentary for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch titled “Let’s Talk About Guns.”  Fed up with

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It’s not the economy, stupid: It’s religion

April 17, 2012 Barbara Finch Civil Rights, Congress, Government, Ideas, Religion in Politics Leave a comment

James Carville may have been right in 1992, when he displayed a sign in the office of presidential candidate Bill Clinton saying, “It’s The

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Notes from a protest: weirdness and Westboro Baptist Church

February 15, 2012 Barbara Finch Civil Rights, Missouri region Leave a comment

In case you’ve been living under a rock:  members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas are notorious for traveling around the country

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Rich man, blind man

December 23, 2011 Barbara Finch Economy, Financial reform, Ideas One comment

It must be nice to be Leon Cooperman.  He’s rich, well-educated, well-respected,  married and the father of two children.  He lives in a leafy

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Compassion: an obituary

November 28, 2011 Barbara Finch Humor, Ideas, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Compassion, a long-time resident of the hearts and minds of many Americans, has died. Authorities say the cause of death was slow strangulation by

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