The ability to sell a contradiction is sometimes the measure of a man or woman, at least when it comes to success in politics.
What schools can learn from babies
Babies are organic learning machines. I’m seeing that more clearly now, from the perspective of a grandmother. Each Wednesday, when my granddaughter arrives at
U.S. Congress: Where lawmakers meet to “tweet”
According to The Hill, The Republican Study Committee (RSC) declared Monday [March 1, 2010] a “Twitter Day,” encouraging its members to tweet about their “commitment,”
Elizabeth Warren on the coming collapse of the middle class
Elizabeth Warren has been predicting the collapse of the middle class for years and unfortunately, her predictions are coming true. In this hour-long lecture,
Democracy now…for Iran
According to Congress.org, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, has just introduced S.3008, a bill that “establishes a government program to support
To TP or not to TP…that is the question
The path to enacting significant legislative measures in the Congress has become a war of words. Let’s be honest, the American people are at
What Republicans & Democrats can agree upon
The current lack of bi-partisan cooperation in part reflects a polarity of ideas, but also a distressing amount of “boys and girls behaving badly.”
Infrastructure: 100 years old and counting
See below for updated information in light of late February, 2010 blizzard in Northeast. Ninety-six years ago, in Cleveland, Ohio, the Great Lakes Storm
Putting the Toyota recall in context
Toyota is recalling millions of cars–justifiably–but can we take a minute to look at some context, here? The Los Angeles Times reports that sudden
Senator Bernie Sanders wants ten million solar roofs
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is a rare bird in Washington, DC. Throughout his career—first as mayor of Burlington, then as a seven term