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Archive: November 2007
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Table of Contents
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Published: November 2007
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Art & Culture
Profile of a Local Artist
1 Comment Mark seems interested in capturing a moment in time and nature. Saving that moment for future reflection and contemplation is the goal
Blogs
John Morgan Blogger-Part 2
Three years ago there was no progressive movement. Then the Dean campaign started. It got the Democracy In America group going. The Kutztown Area Democratic Club got going. All these progressives have become energized. They got involved and they stayed involved.
Food
The Chicken That Ate Brazil
Way back when, I started farming so I could have food that I wanted to eat. Clean, healthy, nutritious food that I new the source and had control of from start to finish. Now, I find the way I farm and how I market my food is also becoming an act of social justice.
Green-ology
The Massacre of the Sheep
Appleseed Hollow is a memoir of 20 years of communing with nature that Jack Lindeman spent on a farm with his artist friend in Lancaster County.
Health Care: News & Notes
Rendell Blows Smoke
1 Comment Rendell’s first health bill went nowhere now he’s on plan B and doing even less well.
Humor
CS2 Staff Hard At Work
3 Comments Scenes from the CS2 staff meeting
Litterbugs Beware!
CS2 issues its environmental policy
Unsung Hero Strikes Again
Our first unsung hero (CS2-Sept) is raising eyebrows with herculean efforts for precinct coverage in the Nov. 6th election.
Middle East
The Difference Between Myanmar and Iraq
This is the difference between Myanmar and Iraq. The Burmese want democracy and are willing to do what must be done to capture their freedom for themselves. They aren’t asking Americans to come and die for their liberty, they are willing to do so themselves and, out of such epic strifes freedom is, indeed, born. It won’t come as the result of an invasion and occupation of a country which made no attempt on it’s own to overthrow it’s government.
Other Topics
Thomas Paine
“These are the times that try men’s souls.”
Poetry
Habit
We are fortunate to have three new poems in this issue from a world class poet Jack Lindeman
Unlike St. Francis
Unlike St. Francis
you’re tired of faith
in the Peaceable Kingdom
and sick of the oil slicks
that smudge the Immaculate Conception.
Like The Skunk’s Brain
With submissions like these, I’m going to have to stop calling Jack Romig our copy editor and start calling him our poet. Nice!
Surge
Unanswerable questions
Political Rhetoric
How False Choices Encourage Bad Choices
False choice arguments shut out minority opinions, ignore vital information, promote division over unity, weaken public debate, and promote either/or thinking patterns that are bad for policy and bad for our country.
Politics: Local
If I Am Cut Do I Not Bleed?
3 Comments Without Dissent, Democracy Is Not Possible, nor Does It Qualify As Terrorism.
Politics: National
The Difference Between Republicans And Democrats
Say what you want about Republicans being cold-hearted, child-hating, war-mongering, domestic spying advocates. At least they fight for the crap they believe in!
School Tase
1 Comment Tasers leave no physical evidence of excessive force, making police brutality difficult to prove. These advantages arguably lead to officers using their tasers indiscriminately in situations of questionable necessity.
Politics: State
The Argument For Judge Retention
1 Comment Basing our decision on one issue and not retaining good judges would throw our entire court system into absolute chaos… When you go to the polls, consider the whole picture, not a knee-jerk reaction to one or two recent complex issues. When you vote for judge retention, you are voting for much, much more than that.
This Issue & Site News Everything CS2 site related: article info, site developments, coming attractions. November CommonSense2 is Here!!Thank you for your continued support of CommonSense2. We are growing at a rapid rate and we have you,the reader, to thank. This is our third issue and it has lost none of its excitement for us and we hope you feel the same way. Some site news: We have our [...]
Editorials Opinions, rants, confessions and predictions appear in this monthly commentary. Activism Part 2: The Window of Opportunity 1 CommentThere are two viable political parties in this country. The Evil Party and the Stupid Party. I'm a card carrying member of the Stupid Party.
To Your Health Ron Stouffer and Rosie Skomitz have been waging battles in the health care wars for 15 years. Check back every month for views, opinions and information vital to you and To Your Health The Death of MedicareWhile America sleeps, this Congress is sabotaging Medicare.
In Each Moment - Living With Autism Leslie Welch inspires us with her courage and resilience as she faces life as the mother of an autistic child. Numbers, Numbers, Numbers 1 CommentOur society is facing a rampant epidemic with autism...funding now for their education, treatment and support is the key to avoiding a life time of tax payer supported futures for our families.
The Keystone Scorecard Sylvia Baylor chronicles the absurdities of Harrisburg and our State Legislature. Occasionally The Keystone Scorecard will feature guest authors. One Must Imagine Sisyphus HappyIT HAS BEEN 94 DAYS SINCE WE LAST LOOKED IN ON OUR LEGISLATURE - THEY WERE IN SESSION 14 OF THOSE DAYS!
The Road Less Traveled I’ve known Kathleen Welch for 35 years. I’ve learned to respect and admire her resilience and her refusal to buckle under to conventional wisdom. As you get to know her through these columns I’m sure you’ll feel the same. Coming Home To Roost 2 CommentsPushing 60, and I m buying my first home. Well, I had a house many years ago in Canada, but I owned it with my ex, and it felt more like his than mine. This house will be mine.
I ve been tramping through far-distant countries, physical and non-physical for decades. Living in [...]
The Dark Visions of Sheldon Kaplan Sheldon Kaplan explores and brings a world into focus that is unseen to most of us Is a Greater War Inevitable?So this means we all have to wait 448 days to see what "The Decider" has planned for our "childrens (do learn)" future. He already showed his unconcern with their health insurance...
Helicopter Bernanke to the Rescue!LBJ put an end to them, another Texan president. The Federal Reserve printed lots of money for the war in Vietnam. How ironic, we have another Texan president and the Federal Reserve is printing billions of dollars for his fiasco war in Iraq.
That Woman!! Dorothy Reilly - You may love her, you may hate her, but you’ll never be confused about where That Woman!! stands. Sound Like America To You? 1 CommentFascism has come to America... and it's really scary.
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