Tag Archives: policy

Off Which Dobbs Was the Worst I Could Think Of

The ups­cale but pri­va­tely owned cof­fee shop is crow­ded. I sip the dou­ble Espresso (meant to calm my sore throat), while rea­ding about the health care bill that covers an addi­tio­nal 31 million indi­vi­duals, the bill the insu­rance com­pa­nies and big phar­macy are pat­ting them­sel­ves on the back over. I won­der what will hap­pen

Rethink Afghanistan

Renee remin­ded me of this with a clip she pos­ted.
Brave New Films has part­ne­red with RAWA, to help Afghans dis­pla­ced by US war, focu­sing on what is really hap­pe­ning in Afgha­nis­tan as a result of US policy. The part­nership is to pro­vide direct aid to dis­pla­ced peo­ple living in des­pe­rate con­di­tions in suburbs of

The Last of the Scapegoats

Pia remin­ded me that Robert McNa­mara died.
I’m not as well schoo­led on the Viet­nam era as I am on other things, though I know more about it than most peo­ple my age, if only because I find it more inte­res­ting than shop­ping for Jim Choo’s  —  they are out of my price range and my legs