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Talking to the Tax People -- Depressing!

Edward Kent — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:24:55 GMT

For the first time in many decades I am going to have to do my taxes myself. I can understand why people hate taxes so, although I personally believe that

Serial Catastrophes in Afghanistan Threaten Obama Policy

Edward Kent — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:02:46 GMT

Published on Monday, January 4, 2010 by Informed Comment http://www.juancole.com/2010/01/serial-catastrophes-in-afghanistan.html Distributed by Common Dreams

Cults -- Religious and Political

Edward Kent — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:37:20 GMT

The wiki site below gives a pretty good description of cults -- how they differ from standard religious or political organizations, how they attract followers,

Republicans?

Edward Kent — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:28:05 GMT

I have lived through a number of wars since I was a child in WW II. I have never seen our political parties not working together on behalf of the country in

NY Daily News Email Newsletter on Cheney (1/4/20010)

Edward Kent — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:09:11 GMT

Dick Cheney's rants vs. President Obama politicize war on terror --

Post WW II Lynchings

Edward Kent — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:58:14 GMT

"1947 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People' annual report calls 1946 "one of the grimmest years in the history of the NAACP." The

No Military Solution to Al Qaeda

Edward Kent — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:03:53 GMT

It is becoming increasingly clear that there is no military solution -- wars -- to the threats of Al Qaeda. The most recent security airplane threat was

Preschool Makes a Lifetime Difference

Edward Kent — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:06:47 GMT

I happened to catch a fragment on npr about an extended study of the effects of preschool -- in this case until the subjects were 40. The results indicated

Racism Still Impacts Higher Education

Edward Kent — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:15:38 GMT

One of the principal reasons that I chose to teach in CUNY (City University of NY) was to increase the numbers of African Americans winning college degrees.

Ollie -- Not to Be Eaten!

Edward Kent — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:56:10 GMT

My daughter with her four children is at the moment visiting friends in CA. I was slightly in shock when she mentioned that a new addition was being made to

Gay Friends

Edward Kent — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:17:39 GMT

We have many friends who are gay. We don't think of them as different in any way from other friends. Sadly, a talented couple who had been together in our

Re: Getting Heard

Javier Perez — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:42:50 GMT

Hi Ed Maybe you should write one about the need top put the guy on trial for mass murder! We need some sort of "put Cheney on trial" campaign. Javier

Getting Heard

Edward Kent — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:32:45 GMT

I was bemused to discover that my morning blog yesterday, "America's Mass Murderer -- Richard Cheney" was at the top of the Google list of some 1,190,000 items

Reforming Our Immmigrant Policies?

Edward Kent — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:18:31 GMT

For several years I supervised our immigrant advisory program at Brooklyn College. The rules have changed considerably since 9/11 and I don't remember all the

America's Mass Murderer -- Richard Cheney

Edward Kent — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:26:23 GMT

It looked at the time as though Cheney, not Bush, was running that administration's war policies and all the evil deeds associated with it. Not the least was