January, 2010

Drinking Liberally Debutes in Kutztown

Relax and enjoy dinner and a beverage accompanied by animated conversation in the company of active, informed people.



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Chickens Come Home To Roost

Will you fight now or spend the rest of your days wishing you had?

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Things I Wish I’d Said

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Pennsylvania Borough Gives Homeless the ‘Cold Shoulder’

The borough zoning officer, apparently acting under Council direction, issued a letter that threatened the church with a $500 fine for each day it housed the homeless.



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CommonSense2 January 2010

You’ll remember the recent vote on importing drugs in order to lower prices for our citizens. 23 out of 40 (more than half) Republicans in the Senate voted to do this. Only 26 out 60 Democrats voted to do this. At first I was stunned, and then the truth dawned on me.



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On The Flyleaf of By The Light of My Father’s Smile

In the deep rhythms of this poem, echoes of rage and reconciliation.



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If DEGAS SAID IT

Are we deluded when we’re inspired? CommonSense 2′s favorite poet considers the world from Degas’ view.



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Krugman’s Health Care Sell-Out

But on Christmas day, Krugman threw in the towel, calling on progressives to support the Senate’s version of health care legislation.



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My New Year’s Resolution

I can’t recall another period in my life when fear overwhelmed our collective psyche as much as it did these last ten years, and so it’s no surprise that we are experiencing another crisis of Liberalism today.



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Insurance Industry Whistleblower–Wendell Potter

“My name is Wendell Potter, and for 20 years I worked as a senior executive at health insurance companies, and I saw how they confuse their customers and dump the sick – all so they can satisfy their Wall Street investors.”



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