CommonSense2 May, 2012 – Issue # 51
I’m writing this newsletter at noon on May 1st. Our hits are lighting up like a flashing pinball machine as you, our loyal readers, come back to see our new…
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Dreams
(for Robert Hayden) if they ask for us tell them we are out with the dancers or walking to mars with our hands in our pockets or anything but don’t…
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REMEMBERING JACK LEWIS
When I think of you even as a scrawny kid in Londonderry razzing the British in a street rally there is always the crown of the sun a few inches…
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“These Are a Few of My Favorite Things”
While rambling around the internet you see many thought-provoking visuals or posters. Here are some of my favorites:
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Meet the 1st Lady of Fractivism: The Woman Who Connects the Dots!
This is the first of a two-part interview with Dory Hippauf, the author of our Connect the Dots series. In part 1 we discuss how and why Dory became an…
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Affordable Care Act? An Oxymoron!
Single payer advocates have traditionally sought help from Liberals and Democrats when attempting to effect universal, publicly financed and privately delivered healthcare legislation. Thus, with the election of President Obama…
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Spearing a Tax Deduction
On a bright Monday morning, a day before tax returns were due, I bumped into my ersatz friend Marshbaum who was placing a change container at the Gas-High Mini-mart on…
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How Do We Improve Public Schools?
Take Away Their Funding, Terrorize Teachers, and Send Kids Somewhere Else (According to Lawmakers) Elizabeth Walters, a proud graduate of Central Columbia High School in Bloomsburg, PA, Smith College, and…
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Mr. Fish Comes Knocking
“Editorial cartooning has never had a Mozart, much less a Bob Dylan, although there have always been a shitload of Donovans in the profession.” -Mr. Fish Mr. Fish isn’t his…
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The VA Monologues
“I don’t want to shock anyone here, have people dashing out of the room; but the VA is a socialized health care system. [So] that’s socialized medicine in the…
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