Month: May 2013

An interesting debate has opened up over the proper strategy for the Senate to take on the immigration reform bill. One camp thinks that they should have a goal of winning at least seventy votes. Harry Reid thinks that two or...

Paul Krugman is pissed off that the Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are looking to slash spending on food stamps. But, as Steven points out, food assistance is one of those things that conservatives and...

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the painting of the gothic Cape May house.  The photo that I will be using is seen directly below.  I will be using my usual acrylics on an 8×10...

British man and American woman killed in Syria, reports say (The Guardian) – A British man named as Ali Almanasfi has been killed while fighting in Syria, together with two other foreigners including an American woman,...

(Photograph of non-starving woman and children during the Great Depression, courtesy of blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu) and Dorothea Lange, documentary photographer employed by the Federal Resettlement Administration and the Farm...