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“No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
-- John Donne, Meditation XVII

Self-sufficiency, a.k.a. self-reliance or rugged individualism, is one of the great fetishes of American culture. To the self-sufficiency fetishists, being able to take care of oneself and pay one's own way is the opposite side of the coin of freedom. Sacrifice self-suffici… Continue

News Item--WASHINGTON, December 2 (Press Release)– Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today placed a hold on the nomination of Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

YAY! I don't know if this hold will have much effect in the long run. But it is good to see a progressive who does SOMETHING besides sigh and roll over when the government gives the moneyed elites yet another gift. It is also encouraging to see that he has bi-partisan support and is not just a voice crying i… Continue

I am deeply disappointed in you for voting for the “Greater Health Insurance Industry Profits Act” a.k.a. H.R. 3962, and especially for voting for it with the Stupak anti-abortion amendment attached, after your voting against the amendment's being attached in the first place. Stupak goes beyond even the Hyde Amendment, in that it forbids women from buying insurance coverage for abortion services with their own money if they are being subsidized by the government for health insurance and forbids… Continue

by Kellia Ramares

Here is an excerpts of a story that appeared in the New York Times on October 21, 2009. The title of the story was “$13 an hour? 500 sign-up, 1 wins a job”.

"The 34-year-old recruiter decided the fairest approach was simply to start at the beginning, reviewing resumes in the order in which they came in. When she found a desirable candidate, she called to ask a few preliminary… Continue

Ann Minch's Video calling for a debtors' revolt against usury