Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property DUP_PRO_Global_Entity::$notices is deprecated in /home2/imszdrmy/public_html/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-pro/classes/entities/class.json.entity.base.php on line 244
People Archives - Page 3 of 4 - Occasional Planet
Skip to content

Occasional Planet

Progressive Voices Speaking Out

  • Home
  • About
  • Contributors
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • Click Quotes
  • Who am I?
  • Infographics

Category: People

Rich Hill: An intimate look at poverty’s impact on kids

August 27, 2014 Susan Cunningham Literature/Arts/Film, Missouri region, People, Poverty One comment

On the recommendation of someone who said everyone should see the movie “Rich Hill,” I attended the early show this morning. I hadn’t read

Continue reading

Who am I? Guess the progressive

July 16, 2014 Renee Shur Activism, People Leave a comment

  Can you identify this person? Occasional Planet’s “Who Am I” series features people who have made important contributions to liberal thought, progressive politics,

Continue reading

Who am I? Guess the progressive

July 2, 2014 Renee Shur People, Progressive people Leave a comment

  Can you identify this person? Occasional Planet’s “Who Am I” series features people who have made important contributions to liberal thought, progressive politics,

Continue reading

Todd Akin is back, whining and doubling down on “legitimate rape”

July 1, 2014 Willy Kessler People, Republicans, Women Leave a comment

You know how right-wingers really, really want to be viewed as victims? It seems to be a twisted variant on the old adage that

Continue reading

Frank Wills: Watergate watchman

June 19, 2014 Steve Sorkin History, People Leave a comment

Please take a moment to remember that 42 years ago today [June 17], a security guard named Frank Wills called the police when he

Continue reading

Mark Cuban chooses thought and reflection over piling on

May 27, 2014 Arthur Lieber People, Sports One comment

I recently saw a revival of the great line that came out of the movie, Forest Gump. “Stupid is as stupid does.” The phrase

Continue reading

“Draft Day” offers tips on what it takes to lead the country

May 8, 2014 Arthur Lieber Employment, Literature/Arts/Film, Media, People, Sports, Violence Leave a comment

It may be that the movie “Draft Day,” currently in theaters, is just a niche film for football fans. It’s for real fans who

Continue reading

Chris Christie: A gift to political cartoonists

January 30, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Cities, Corruption, Ethics, Media, People, Politics, States Leave a comment

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s highly publicized political woes are creating an economic and artistic surge for political cartoonists. Here’s a gallery of cartoons satirizing

Continue reading

Why women do not love Huckabee

January 27, 2014 Hafsa People, Reproductive rights, Republicans, Women One comment

Well, clearly, someone did not learn from Todd Akin. As if the Republican Party really had any leeway for chauvinistic comments after Akin’s “legitimate

Continue reading

How Chris Christie ruined the Port Authority

January 25, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Corruption, Government, History, People, Politics One comment

The New York Port Authority got its start as a Progressive Era project–an agency that would work for the overall benefit of the very

Continue reading

Posts pagination

«Previous Posts 1 2 3 4 Next Posts»

In case you missed it

  • Starship Troopers and the Degeneration of Parody
  • The Fairness Party
  • “Secular Humanists with Jewish Last Names”
  • An (Updated) Honest Preview of the 2022 Midterms
  • Rescuing Susan Collins – Make Judicial Nominees Speak the Truth
  • Doing the world a world of good

A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

Follow Occasional Planet on social media

Newsletter
Twitter
RSS
Facebook

Top posts

  • Emperor: When you call a movie “historical,” it helps to include the history part
    Emperor: When you call a movie “historical,” it helps to include the history part
  • A powerful art exhibit, a death in Texas
    A powerful art exhibit, a death in Texas
  • Bogota bus bingo: "Penny wars" meet 21st century
    Bogota bus bingo: "Penny wars" meet 21st century
  • Evil and the garden
    Evil and the garden
  • Obama calls for tax fairness
    Obama calls for tax fairness
  • Lost-and-found news bits from 2010
    Lost-and-found news bits from 2010