I thought that I had gotten over it; the connection between the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and where it happened – Dallas,
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Can Occupy learn from the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign?
Most people know that when Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, he was in Memphis to help striking sanitation workers.
How to stand up to Republicans: lessons from Truman and Eagleton
Eight years after former President Harry Truman died in 1972, Missouri Senator Thomas Eagleton was involved in a tough re-election campaign. His opponent was
Harry Truman figured out Republicans a long time ago
In 1948, President Harry S Truman summed up his view of the Republican Party this way: … I have studied the Republican Party for
Is concern about the diminishing middle class causing us to forget the poor?
Out of sight, out of mind. That’s been a major problem for poor people in the United States. When John F. Kennedy was a
Evil and the garden
The other day I took a bike ride along the Riverfront Trail in St. Louis. The trail runs north from Laclede’s Landing, following the
Calling Obama a socialist is part of a longstanding GOP tradition
Since Barack Obama first began trying to become the President of the United States, there have been those who called him a socialist. During
How Stimulus One could be working for us now
President Barack Obama’s speech before Congress on September 8 regarding jobs may have been his most effective remarks since his speech on race in
A garden’s memorial to 9/11
As any gardener will tell you, every plant tells a story. But only a handful revealed their stories to me before I discovered a
Reflections on September 11
I’m writing this on Sept. 8, as the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedies looms large. The media loves this. It’s a chance