Random RecitalsAs it happens, there are no columns in standard double-entry book-keeping to keep track of satisfaction and demoralization. There is no credit entry for feelings of self-worth and confidence, no debit column for feelings of uselessness and worthlessness. There are no monthly, quarterly, or even annual statements of pride and no closing statement of bankruptcy when the worker finally comes to feel that after all he couldn't do anything else, and doesn't deserve anything better. Barbara Garson Lively LinksLinks change randomly each time the cache is refreshed. |
Article by John on June 8th, 2008 at 12:29 pm Image by jurvetson via Flickr Frank Rich of the NYT, in his article about the historic nature of Obama’s ascendency to the Democratic Party nomination this week, points out that Obama is a new kind of politician in at least one subtle but extremely important way: Mrs. Clinton referred to herself by the first-person pronoun 64 times in her speech, and Mr. McCain did so 60 [...]
Article by missy on June 4th, 2008 at 3:42 pm I thought, having presumed that Hillary Clinton would not concede, that nothing in her speech could phase me last night. Boy, was I wrong. Bile and white hot disgust threatened to bypass my clamped jaws and erupt out the sides of my neck as Clinton trilled me, me, me with nary a word for Obama’s nomination: Now, the question is: Where do we go from here? [...]
Article by missy on June 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 am When is a concession not a concession? When it’s Hillary Clinton doing the conceding: Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation’s first female president.
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The former first lady will stop short of formally suspending or ending her race in her speech in New York [...]
Article by missy on June 2nd, 2008 at 12:41 pm Ships that are understood to have held prisoners include the USS Bataan and USS Peleliu. The Bataan? Are you kidding me? Committing war crimes on a ship named for the site of one of the biggest war crimes in the Pacific theater of World War II? As Paul Harvey says, here’s the rest of the story: The United States is operating “floating prisons” to house those [...]
Article by missy on May 29th, 2008 at 12:14 pm The George W. Bush administration plans to launch an air strike against Iran within the next two months, an informed source tells Asia Times Online, echoing other reports that have surfaced in the media in the United States recently. Two key US senators briefed on the attack planned to go public with their opposition to the move, according to the source, but their projected New York [...]
Article by missy on May 28th, 2008 at 12:20 pm Because she’ll still lose: WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic Party rules committee has the authority to seat some delegates from Michigan and Florida but not fully restore the two states as Hillary Rodham Clinton wants, according to party lawyers. Democratic National Committee rules require that the two states lose at least half of their convention delegates for holding elections too early, the party’s legal experts wrote in [...] | |
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