From the monthly archives: May 2011

New York Times Columnist Pooh-Poohs His Own Story

By Frederick Clarkson On May 6, 2011  

While many journalists, scholars and activists have done serious writing about the theocratic Christian Reconstructionist movement and its influence on the development of the Religious Right — others have pooh-poohed it. In a recent column in The New York Times Mark Oppenheimer placed one foot firmly in the pooh-pooh camp.

Oppenheimer’s piece [...]

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On May 12, Where Will You Be?

By Greg Basta On May 4, 2011  

This week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg will propose a new budget for New York City.  It will resemble many of the state budgets that we have seen proposed throughout the country, as well as the federal budget proposal drafted by Rep. Paul Ryan.  They all share the same theme – the only way to fix our [...]

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Half a century of work and pay in an hour’s time

By Aaron Krager On May 2, 2011  

Originally posted at my own site.

Very few things are certain in life other than life and death. In the middle we work roughly 50 years of our life and pay taxes. That much we know for sure. For the most part we are a tough working people — dedicated to [...]

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