Month: March 2017

healthcare

Congressman Faso and the proposed American Health Care Act

March 8, 2017 Comments Off on Congressman Faso and the proposed American Health Care Act
Today I received an email from my Congressman, John Faso, concerning the proposed American Health Care Act. It included a link to a Republican website that speaks to their proposed legislation and a link to the the actual legislation. Asking me to read the legislation is insulting because though I --->> read more -->>
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environment

BEHEMOTH (BEI XI MO SHOU) at TSL Hudson

March 4, 2017 Comments Off on BEHEMOTH (BEI XI MO SHOU) at TSL Hudson
This 2015 movie by Chinese director Liang Zhao is filled with great cinematography and sounds. It trades back and forth between scenes of enormous horizon gulping coal mines, under ground mines, iron making, and ends with scenes of a ghost city filled with enormous apartment blocks in a newly developed --->> read more -->>
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economy

Job (Business) Killing Regulations

March 2, 2017 Comments Off on Job (Business) Killing Regulations
Ever since Ronald Reagan told us in his 1981 Inaugural Address, “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” government bashing by right-wingers, Republicans and many Democrats has been a constant drumbeat of political rhetoric. Now we have Trump with his “Kill 2 regulations for every --->> read more -->>
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economy

The Internet and Demand Management (Advertising)

March 1, 2017 Comments Off on The Internet and Demand Management (Advertising)
My friend Joe Keenan recently sent me an article by Vicki Boykis, “Fix the internet by writing good stuff and being nice to people” from her blog Woman.Legend.Blog. Today’s internet is mean. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when everyone online became a jerk, but to me it seems that the --->> read more -->>
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politics

Diversity and Identity Politics Is A Deadend

March 1, 2017 Comments Off on Diversity and Identity Politics Is A Deadend
Progressives have to declare class war as a central strategy. Otherwise we will all be sitting at the dinner table basking in our glorious diversity with nothing to eat. For many good reasons identity and diversity have dominated our politics for decades.  Progressives celebrate its expansion and Republicans and their --->> read more -->>