RADIO PREMIUMS OF YESTERYEAR
by Anthony Evangelista

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear …

The Din in the Head and The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick
by James Patrick
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The Keeper of the Keys to the Door of Memory

Daybreak by David Swanson
by Ron Stouffer and Rosie Skomitz

Though the sins of Bush-Cheney were not unique to their administration, they took abuse of power to a new level of brazenness and arrogance and in the process made a mockery of the Constitution.

THOUGHTS FROM AN UNQUIET MIND IV
by Jack Lindeman

It is difficult for me to think imaginatively in prose. It is as though I were being held in check by a leash of rationality.

Making A Difference!
by Chuck Brown

Ultimately, buildings have to be part of the solution. Right now LEED is sort of based on doing less damage. You’re going to build a building, there’s going to be environmental impact. So we’ve got to figure out how to reduce that impact. What ultimately we know is that buildings have to become part of a world where they’re giving back. Where they’re creating more energy. Where they’re actually cleaning water. That’s the kind of place where we see LEED heading people toward.

Building Codes and You
by Chuck Brown

Municipalities throughout the world are adopting green building codes that address issues from indoor air quality to energy efficiency. This new generation of building codes is performance-based in nature, providing flexibility to create green, energy efficient homes. Learn about the implementation of cutting-edge energy efficiency codes in Boulder, Colorado and how municipalities nationwide can drastically reduce home energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Strike Up the Band for a Heroes’ Welcome
by Ron Stouffer and Rosie Skomitz

The only way for them to be heard was to interrupt the proceedings in Sen. Max Baucus’s Finance Committee hearing on health care reform.

Health Care is a Civil Rights issue…as was Slavery!
by Jack & Kathie Hendricks
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Civil rights struggles are an American Tradition. One began 150 years ago, October 16, 1859 when John Brown led a raid intended to free slaves at Harper’s Ferry, VA. After that, the American Civil War became inevitable as both North and South prepared for that which was to come. Slaves became free.

As for me, I love socialism!
by CommonSense2 Editor

Print this pledge and ask all your teabagger/libertarian friends and family to sign it!

Late Breaking—Sometimes Broken—News
by Rosemary & Walter Brasch

Unless you’re a TV network desperate to score points by being the first to broadcast what it thought was news, you’re as likely to think there was actual gunfire as you are likely to hear someone say “arf, arf, arf” and think a real dog was barking.

DIRTY MONEY
by Jack Lindeman

The plagues of wealth made literal.

Narrative
by Allison Whittenberg

An enigmatic annunciation in four lines.

TO GOD ON APRIL 9, 2003
by Lisa Manzi

Recalling a dark day during the invasion of Iraq.

Don’t Know Much About History
by Karen Feridun
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Moved to tears by history

What’s a Prothonotary?
by CommonSense2 Editor

When a candidate like Charles Corbit comes along, we are excited and bursting at the seams to tell you about him.

Whose On First?
by Lynn M. Petrovich

On December 12th 2000, under the auspices of not violating George W. Bush’s right to equal protection guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, the Supreme Court of the US handed first place in that year’s Presidential Election to Bush. Three days earlier, The Court overruled an order from the Florida Supreme Court by issuing a Stop to the recount in Florida (at the precise time) Bush had a slight lead (157) over VP Al Gore.

A Lot of Sorry But(t)s
by Rosemary & Walter Brasch

Apologies won’t erase incivility. Those who use the invective of hate and don’t apologize can easily be dismissed as unworthy of much consideration in the public arena for rational discussion.

G-20: Imperial Stormtroopers Land in Pittsburgh
by Kevin McCloskey

“As Apache helicopters swoop over our heads and out-of-towner cops eye us suspiciously, and we eye each other suspiciously – I feel that a dark period has been forced upon our city…. ” Daniel McCloskey, Pittsburgh

The Great Electricity Scam
by Stefan Kosikowski
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Well, here we go again, another fraud being committed upon the American public by the Oligarchy.