Author Archives: jsl915@aol.com

Bill Berkowitz chronicles at Alternet.org And what were the Democrats doing while it happened?  Why, nothing of course!

One more reminder that Fix the Debt is a posse of self-serving pirates without financial acumen, save the uncanny ability to grab off for themselves as much as possible—and the rest of the United States be damned. Dean Baker at … Continue reading →

Salon’s Alex Seitz-Wald describes the “travesty” the President is brokering: “Going over the cliff is bad, too, but less so. At least it doesn’t cut taxes on the wealthy while preserving entitlement programs, and at least it contains the military … Continue reading →

I’ll be patronizing Starbucks even less than I usually do–my local organic coffee shop is far preferable–now that Howard Schultz–save us from the CEOs and the MBAs–is joining the Fix the Debit bullshit brigade.   With our government now so completely … Continue reading →

FAIR (FAirness and Accuracy in Reporting), Fair.org., awards it’s P.U.-litzer prize to those gaffes, omissions, distortions it considers the most egregious among the numerous committed by the “mainstream” commercial media over the past year.

George Jackson is a busy bee–he sent me this notice today, from the Brooklyn Museum: Hilde Holger—Her Legacy Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 2 p.m. Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center … Continue reading →

of poverty and desperation in the US, a world that most of our elected representatives seem to have no comprehension of, let alone concern for. A stirring editorial in the Guardian by Rose Ann DeMoro,  executive director of National Nurses … Continue reading →

Is today’s Democratic Party the most defeatist in history? With the Republicans now in an even more weakened state,  Democratic [?] Rep. Steve King calls for MORE “compromise” (read: capitulation)  from Obama!!!  I’m not going to link because it’s too … Continue reading →

Now that Boehner has completely unforced-error-himself, it’s time for Obama to rescind that dreadful offer he made two nights ago and begin anew Jan. 2.

George Jackson emailed with a comment about the lineage between Balanchine’s Symphony in C and Lifar’s Suite en Blanc that I discuss in the new Ballet Review: “In terms of tracing sources, it may have been minor or forgotten works … Continue reading →