He said in part, in a letter to Paulson: “Any plan to clean up the mess on Wall Street must: “1. Ensure that middle income and working families are not the ones who are paying for this bailout by “a. Imposing a five-year, 10 percent surtax on income over $1 million a year for couples … More Bernie Sanders
This is one of the fragments I wrote to recover from severe culture shock after returning to the opulent United States from Lima. Because of possible pickpockets some people are afraid to shop at Lima’s central market, which I like. But the members of my household who live mostly in the United States do go … More William Blake
I got e-mail from a friend thanking me for having lent moral support to his move out of academia years ago. “I couldn’t have done it without your help,” said he. And now Kiita is holding a festival of resignation, requesting moral support from the entire blogosphere and telling tales of what people are willing … More Another Whiteman
1. No volunteers are men and only I am white. 2. I thought we would be phoning locally but we are phoning the upper Midwest. 3. I am far less comfortable with this than with local get out the vote phoning. 4. This really is work and I am not in my element with telemarketing. … More Live Blogging a MoveOn Organizing “Party” for Obama
1.0. It turns out that the ATM card my bank mailed me in Peru, was already invalid when it arrived because they had also mailed a regular debit card to me here. Moral of story: if you have an ATM card mailed to you elsewhere, even if it is a different type of card than … More Back to the Future
You have to save your seeds. People are not taught this in school and it is very, very important. And it is a really beautiful day, like summer in Los Angeles, sparkling. The sky breathes soft winds at a temperature of 84 degrees, so it is cool enough to go outside. * As we know, … More On Saving Seeds
I was addressed as “Madre,” and it utterly knocked me back. I had never been addressed that way, or heard anyone addressed that way, and the last time I read it was in La Celestina (1499, but see also the movie with Penélope Cruz as Melibea, and Maribel Verdú as Areusa). I had just arrived … More On Language Variation
Check out this amazing performance of Just a Closer Walk with Thee – especially the second half. (No, I have not converted.) But then hear Jackson’s voice float on What a Friend We Have in Jesus. And there are many other amazing performances by Mahalia Jackson. I like I Know It Was the Blood, I … More Mahalia Jackson
Here is another labyrinthine post from the olden days. Now I am awake like the Buddha, but a seer at a Los Angeles botánica told me years ago that I was “carrying a great weight.” Qui potest capere, capiat. I Trying to discover my way back professionally from the ravages of Reeducation is sometimes dangerous … More On Anorexia
“…This legislation is further proof our government has been turned into an engine that accelerates the wealth upwards. Taking money from the pockets of the people of this country and putting it into the hands of the few. That is what our tax policy does. It accelerates the wealth of America upwards. That is what … More Kucinich on the Bailout
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