| | Rights / DemocracyTime to offer Heartfelt thanks; To those bold youth Who fight the banks. America needs a new phenomenon every once in a while. Now it has one: Occupy Wall Street. At first glance it doesn’t look like much. The mode of dress at Liberty Plaza (the patch of green...
| Oct 17, 2011 | Peace / SecurityIt’s “a dagger pointed directly at the heart of Montgomery County,” warned County Executive Ike Leggett. Huh? Was there a do-it-yourself bomb shop in Bethesda? An open sewer in Silver Spring? An organization dedicated to teaching kids in Chevy Chase...
| | Rights / DemocracyI was standing on a street one evening near my home in Washington, DC — it seems like ages ago now — with a chatty friend who travels often to New York. He mentioned that a few New Yorkers were planning an “occupation” of Wall Street. Not knowing what I...
| Oct 10, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyCampaigns face A lot of stress; When ignored By all the press. You may have heard of Ron Paul. He’s a popular Republican candidate for president who just won the Values Voter Summit’s straw poll. He’s done well in other polling too, generally holding...
