Notes From Backstage At The Massive Immigration Rally
The immigration march Sunday in Washington should have gotten more attention than it did, especially from progressive advocates. But competing with the final or near-final dance culminating an almost year-long fight for health care reform. The rally for immigration was an impressive, important, and for me, breath-taking event that was a side-show to the day’s health care developments, especially if your primary – or only –language is English.
Raising Labor Conditions And Immigration Reform
The Chamber of Commerce position of a revolving door immigration policy will undercut collective bargaining, lower the demand for labor and lower working conditions and wages.
Obama Got His Groove Back, But Can He Keep It Up On Immigration And Climate Change?
The Republicans were clamoring that the failure of the health care bill would be “Obama’s Waterloo”. It is turning out that the GOP and their henchmen of the Tea Party “movement” were wrong. The bill was not Obama’s Waterloo but his Austerlitz (to refer to one of Napoleon’s military master piece). Last night, President Obama […]
The Trial of the Catholic Church: A Tale of Moral and Financial Bankruptcy
Tens of thousands of cases have emerged in dozens of countries from Asia to Europe and from Australia to the Americas. No country seems immune, and the vulnerability of the victims seems only contingent on the number of clergy. The people of the world, their political representatives, their law enforcement and their courts, must execute their responsibilities and demand full accountability and compensation from not only the individual perpetrators of these heinous crimes but the entire organization, including the Vatican, that both protected and aided these pedophiles. Letters of apology, hush money, and empty promises will no longer suffice. The Catholic Church, and Pope Benedict IVI, must stand trial.
Congress Passes Historic Health Care Reform
For the first time in generations, the US Congress has passed a bill reforming our nations health care system.
