Richard Brodsky: New Year's Omens in the Big Apple
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Jan 03Republicans cannot win a general election without acknowledging that there's a gap between the 99% whose votes they need, and the 1% whose interests they serve. »
Republicans cannot win a general election without acknowledging that there's a gap between the 99% whose votes they need, and the 1% whose interests they serve. »
[Cross-posted from the Sidney Hillman Foundation] For all the splashy immersion in code, data, platforms, and techniques that generally soaks the discussions and analysis of the democracy and civil rights movements among the digerati, it was striking h... »
By Dennis Baron Psst, wanna buy a hot slogan? "Occupy Wall Street," the protest that put "occupy" on track to become the 2011 word of the year, could be derailed by a Long Island couple seeking to trademark the movement's name. The rapidly-spreading Oc... »
Protesters are not complaining or playing the blame game. They are engaging with one another to develop an alternative, a paradigm shift. »
Pop quiz, hotshot: is Washington, D.C., in the United States of America? Think carefully, and take a look at the word “States.” Sure, it may be semantic nonsense, but D.C. residents face this thought experiment on a semi-regular basis. The existential ... »
It will take a whole different crop of leaders and real public servants, who can work unencumbered by special interest influence, to truly cure what ails our nation. »
Once the Arab Spring broke loose, people began asking me why this country was still so quiet. I would always point out that no one ever expects or predicts such events. Nothing like this happens until it happens, and only then do you try to make sense ... »
and Michael Gross - I come to praise Caesar, not to bury him. Caesar in this case being David Koch, billionaire oilman, Tea Party pillar and philanthropist extraordinaire. I first interviewed Mr. Koch two decades ago, when he was keeping the endangered... »