Month: February 2012

    by Walter Brasch Once, many years ago, in a land far away between two oceans, with fruited plains, amber waves of grain, and potholes on its highways, there lived a young man named Sam. Now, Sam was a bright...

I hope you’ve had a chance to see Bruce Springsteen’s newest single. Here’s the video: Springsteen, it seems to me, is Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Johnny Cash all wrapped up into one. But he really...

I want to remember her young, smiling, happy, and optimistic. I’ll try to remember her like that. Goodbye, Whitney.

I spent today attending the Pennsylvania Progressive Summit 2012 at the Philadelphia Convention Center. It was an opportunity for me to meet the head of Democracy for America, Jim Dean. We had lunch together at the Reading...

Last night, BooMan reassessed the Republican race: For the first time, I am beginning to think that Romney might actually lose the nomination and that Santorum might win it. And, even worse, I am beginning to think that Santorum...