Tag Archives: politics

Listen Carefully, Tan Man

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Fred Bubbers

A disappointing jobs report this week is revealing just how weak this economic recovery is and how long it’s going to take before the unemployment rate starts descending.  As reported by Lila Shapiro at Salon: Only 54,000 jobs were added … Continue reading →

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Pushing the Envelope

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Fred Bubbers

A few nights ago, I got involved in a discussion about the current nuclear crisis in Japan on Facebook.  At one point, someone on the thread, an advocate for nuclear power,  stated that the BP oil spill last summer was … Continue reading →

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Good News

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Eugene Mirabelli

(I am pleased to publish this post by guest-blogger Eugene Mirabelli.  Gene is the author of six novels, plus short stories, poems, many journalistic pieces and numerous book reviews.  For many years, Gene was the editor and creative force behind … Continue reading →

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Our Past, Look Away, Look Away

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Fred Bubbers

We began this week with the news that a new n-word-scrubbed edition of Huckleberry Finn is being published.  The reaction in most places where literary people congregate was mostly negative.  Huckleberry Finn has been considered controversial ever since it was … Continue reading →

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The Wealth of a Nation

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Fred Bubbers

“Let me tell you about the very rich.  They are different from you and me.  They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in … Continue reading →

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