Month: July 2011

DC is Broken

Washington Post reporter Dan Balz was on Chuck Todd’s MSNBC show this morning and, among other things, he said that we have already had a default in Washington DC. We’ve had a default of politics. I think...

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Serious Questions

How many of you are working at the same job that you were before the September 2008 crash? How many of you lost your job or lost hours and income in your job? And how many of you had trouble, or are having trouble, finding new...

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Open Thread

I watched my first women’s soccer match today. It was the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final between the USA and Japan. I was very impressed with the quality of play, especially from the American side. They scored two...

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Some Good News (with Photos!)

It was the best of times and the best of times. The temperature was warm but nonetheless a large number of people and organizations turned out to watch or march in the Gay Pride Parade through Rochester, NY yesterday, and I,...

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