Author: RenaRF

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos, My Left Wing and my blog.)Like many people, I have heard of and buy into the idea put forward in Vance Packard’s 1957 book titled The Hidden Persuaders.  In a nutshell, Packard talked, in...

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos, my blog and My Left Wing.)My last post was generally about the ratcheting-up of defensive rhetoric by the President in two recently-delivered speeches (on Veteran’s Day and on a stopover in...

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos, My Left Wing and my blog)Well. It appears that the President, who decries the idea that he follows the polls, is dreaming about low poll numbers. How else do you explain the fact that he has given two...

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos and My Left Wing) I read a lot of diaries.  I very much enjoy the points of view, intelligent commentary and generally respectful discourse that occurs here. There is always an undercurrent here...

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos, my blog, and My Left Wing)I have two new heroes as of this past weekend.One is a Palestinian family and the other is a group of 23 teenaged girls. Come with me while I tell you a bit of their stories...