Monthly Archives: October 2009

This American Life teamed up with Planet Money this week and served up some interesting historical perspective and the usual quirky take on our health care system. But for listeners who stayed with the whole show, or tuned in at … Continue reading →

Ethel Dix died last week. She had just participated in the Peace March over by Driving Park and Dewey. Ethel is the only person I know who bridged so much social change territory. She was organizing neighbors around Adams Street, … Continue reading →

I’m going to be a contrarian here and ask some tough questions. At least three of the demonstrators were wearing masks/bandannas so at least several people came ready to rumble (red and black flags flying, chanting “Whose streets, Our streets!”) … Continue reading →

As I’ve written previously, Sandy Parker’s Business Council and its Rosemary’s Baby, Unshackle Upstate,  are congenitally incapable of truthtelling. Their obsession on vanquishing public sector unions is all consuming and leads them to pure distilled demagoguery. Their latest report rehashes … Continue reading →