I grew up in the State of New York. Back then, we had two holidays in February- Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday. Our 16th and 1rst Presidents.
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Veteran’s Day. Almost 100 years old…
It was on the 11th hour of the 11th month in 1918 that “The Great War” ended. The first World War (no one expected the second- but they should have) was called that back then. It’s the name my father learned, too- and it was among the last sanctioned battles in which my grandfather (my mother’s father) was a participant.
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Labor gets the shaft
We’ve been reading and hearing that corporations are raking it in. Yet, we also know that jobs growth- real jobs (not just part-time or temporary or low paying)- are not keeping pace. Oh sure, the top 0.1% are seeing income gains. And, the top 1 or 2%, those that have enough cash to invest in corporations, have been participating in the stock market boom.
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Happy Birthday
It was still a teenager. 19 going on 20. That was the first time I visited Israel. I was there around the time of the the 6 Day War. The first place I visited was Jerusalem. And, my first destination in Jerusalem was the Old City of Jerusalem. (You know, that was the “international City” that barred Jews from entry from 1948 until the time it became part of Israel. Where the gravestones from the major Jewish cemetery outside the walls were looted to finish the construction of the Intercontinental Hotel, then owned by King Hussein.) It was my desire to walk up to what was then called the Wailing Wall (it is now known as the Western Wall).
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Is your religious denomination “Football”?
So, I read a disturbing report in the Washington Post. Because I think it speaks volumes about America- and maybe even the world.
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Of the people, by the people, and for the people?
From the second John Kerry was attacked via the “Swiftboating” episode, I knew that Americans (and, given that we seem to invading other countries electoral political process, the world) were in for a heap of trouble. You see, the group (I am clearly being of generous mood, here) behind this attack, the “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” was a 527 organization. A “tax exempt” organization that focuses on “issues”.
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Living Wages. The Very Bottom Line.
Here in the DC area, we are about to engage in a new kind of experiment. The minimum wage in the Maryland suburbs is going up to $ 11.50 an hour. As it will be in the city of DC. But, in Northern Virginia, the minimum wage will be the Federally mandated one of $7.25. Do you really think the jobs will leave the northern suburbs and move to Virginia?
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Living Wages- redux
So, yesterday, I spoke about how taxes make a difference to the various folks in America. From the working poor to the middle class, to the rich and super-rich.
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A real artificial kidney?
A real artificial kidney… Come on, you know that sounds funny. But, oh, so critical. Because transplantation needs kidney donors that are compatible- and we- not just America, but the world- find kidneys in short supply, and compatibility an even tougher hurdle.
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Lost
It was 50 years ago. Also on a Friday. The day President Kennedy was shot. And, as I’ve described the situation with my kids- how 9-11 is indelibly imprinted on their psyche- so is this date for me and my generation: 22 November 1963.
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