Spend 12 minutes listening to the best commentary I’ve heard on the healthcare mess, from MS-NBC’s Keith Olbermann.
He is the only other person I’ve heard advocating my viewpoint: that since compromise isn’t working anyway, since the right-wing nutters will call you a socialist no matter what you do, you may as well fight for what [...]
Entries Tagged as 'General Commentary'
Olbermann on the healthcare travesty
December 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · General Commentary, Politics, Social and Economic Justice
Palin’s Book Trashes Alaska Republican Former Ally: “The Falafel Lady”
November 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Ethics in Government, General Commentary, Politics
Is it possible for Sarah Palin to get any more distasteful?
Here’s another example of her viper-like turning on old allies when they cross her, as Geoffrey Dunn writes in Huffington Post:
But perhaps the nastiest and most duplicitous passages of all in Going Rogue are those directed at Andree McLeod, the longtime Republican watchdog out [...]
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Mashable: Whole Foods Boycott Impacts Brand’s Reputation
August 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Demographics/Psychographics, General Commentary, Marketing Techniques and Philosophies
Does this mean that CEOs shouldn’t be vocal in expressing their opinions on issues of the day?
Not at all. To me, it indicates that CEOs should choose businesses where their key demographic is in alignment with their values.
Tags: brand management·corporate reputation·john mackey·values·wall street journal·whole foods boycott
My Own Garden and Local Farms’ Tomato Crop: Casualties of the Global Economy
August 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Energy & Sustainability, General Commentary, Shel's Personal Life, Uncategorized
Who knew? The tomato blight that’s been ravaging organic farms and gardens in my area of Western Massachusetts has been traced to starter plants apparently grown originally at one location in the South, and shipped to some of the big-box suppliers like Wal-Mart.
I know at least three local farms growing tomatoes in commercial quantities that [...]
Tags: late blight·local economies·organic farming·sustainable agriculture·tomatoes
Pope Benedict XVI Addresses Financial Meltdown, Environmental Issues, and Poverty
July 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Business Ethics, Ethics-International, General Commentary, Politics, Social and Economic Justice
Pope Benedict XVI’s third encyclical is a sweeping, 144-page document addressing and interlocking a wide range of social issues. He calls on the financial industry to tame its greed and turn to ethics, asks the United Nations and individual governments to address deep-rooted poverty issues–not only from economic development perspectives but also making sure these [...]
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Is the Far Right Only Pro-Life Until Birth?
June 1st, 2009 · 7 Comments · General Commentary
Some of the comments regarding abortion doctor George Tiller, who was brutally murdered in his church yesterday are just disgusting. Bill O’Reilly, who has been attacking Tiller for years, called him a Nazi and a baby-killer, and made this crack:
And if I could get my hands on Tiller — well, you know. Can’t be vigilantes.
Randall [...]
Random Insights From a Cruise to Central America
January 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Energy & Sustainability, General Commentary, Shel's Personal Life, travel
Just back from a week aboard a cruise ship, with almost no Internet access (Yeah, I could have bought access at 75 cents a minute, but I saw no reason to grab my email at highway robbery prices. I did manage to use an Internet cafe on shore, twice, just to check if my Virtual [...]
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Poetry as an Organizing Tool? Oh , Yeah!
December 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Arts & Entertainment, Democracy, General Commentary, Peace and War, Politics
For the last 28 years, I’ve lived in or just outside Northampton, Massachusetts. About ten years ago, Northampton established the position of City Poet Laureate, with a two-year term. Until two years ago, the post was mostly ceremonial. The official poet would occasionally show up and read a poem to mark some event or other, [...]
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