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the American Dream

When life gives you lemons you do NOT need to make lemonade

I want to address a topic that only the guy to the left apparently understands. At a time when the American economy has produced unacceptable unemployment, when workers who have jobs are underpaid and have no medical benefits, when the hard won ability to bargain collectively has come undone intellectually as well as politically, it is time to offer the future leaders of this nation a choice: on May 1, 2011, our children can reflect on the trials and tribulations of those who labor for a living, or they can sell lemonade. In the future, perhaps this question will become Read more

The President’s Tie

In the 2011 State of the Union address, Barack Obama wore bi-partisanship around his neck–his tie was neither red nor blue but some color blend of the two. His veep, Read more