Category Archives: Politics

About What Rain Said About Partisanship

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Harold

because I know that I can tend to run on so I’m bringing my bloviating over here from Rainy Day Things. I’ve written before about my distaste for partisan politics. I’m just not sure when or how it got to … Continue reading →

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A Quick Note on the Dismissal of Shirley Sherrod, etc.

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Harold

When I get one of those screeds that go around, the very first thing that I do is go to, for instance, Snopes or Truth or Fiction, etc., to see if there’s any truth to it.  That’s just me. I … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Anti-Poverty Programs

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Harold

I saw that Saul Friedman had written a post on Time Goes By this morning so I gave it a read, and was a little – nonplussed? – that it left me feeling, well, conservative (for lack of a better … Continue reading →

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Anniversaries – D.C. and U.S. Public Health Service

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Harold

Today is the anniversary of two moments in early U.S. history that moved me to reflect for a bit.  In 1790 Congress established the District of Columbia to be the capital of these United States, and in 1798 the U.S. … Continue reading →

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The Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Harold

I noticed that today is the anniversary of President (Lyndon) Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.  I was 17 at the time, between my junior and senior years of high school in Davenport, Iowa, and it … Continue reading →

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