Month: March 2006

Getting Involved at the Lowest Level

Update [2006-3-5 1:16:38 by albert]: I got the required amount of sigs to get me on the ballot! A little update here So, I done decided to do it. I’m running for committeeperson in Ward 5 Division 8 of Philadelphia County....

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Reflections on a 4-Year Labor Strike

When I was a freshman in high school in a little town in northern Wyoming, my stepdad, one of 200+ union mine workers at a nearby mine, voted to strike at 12:01 AM on October 1st, 1987. It was a strike that would last four years...

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Got Angst?

If you missed this story in yesterday’s Washington Post, it’s worth violating your Newstrike! resolution to go see.  It’s about the Whitney Biennial, and while I’m certainly not one known around...

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GOP Demoralization

Jim Geraghty at the wingnutty National Review discusses the political atmosphere post-tipping point. We’re in an election year. Heading into these, each party wants issues that energize their side and depress the other guys. As...

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