We watched Walter Cronkite.
Walter’s most searing moment in history came when he directly challenged the Pentagon and the Johnson administration over Vietnam. Yet, as Glenn Greenwald writes, much of the discussion of Cronkite will miss a key and pointed criticism over the state of journalism today.
We read or hear that Cronkite called the Vietnam War [...]
Tanya Gold writes in The Guardian why the reaction to the phenomenal Susan Boyle is ugly.
Why are we so shocked when “ugly” women can do things, rather than sitting at home weeping and wishing they were somebody else? Men are allowed to be ugly and talented.
Without doubt, the perversely applied standards of beauty torture many [...]
Interesting furor over President Obama’s statement in Turkey saying the US isn’t a Christian nation. In 2005, Larry King (no apologies here for this source) had several evangelists on his show, among them TD Jakes, whose answer to King on this same question was eloquent.
From the transcripts:
KING: Bishop Jakes, do you think America is [...]
A small church on my route between home and Conscious Cup once had a sign:
“Debt is borrowing from the future to enrich the present.”
Politically, we’re now engaged in debate over our federal deficit and our debt to be paid by our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The federal deficit as a percentage of GDP declined from the [...]
So, this quote is making the rounds, perhaps as some sort of commentary on the stimulus plan. It’s always interesting to see what else the author says. Here’s the first quote:
“You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work [...]
