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  1. An Appeal for a Real and Comprehensive Approach to Health Care Reform

    10/14/09 1:57am by pamlyn
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    While the US may be moving one step closer to health care reform with the passage of the Baucus Bill by the Senate Finance Committee, it is clear that a very important element in the health care discussion is being overlooked. What is making Americans so sick?  Read more >

  2. Political Quote of the Day

    1/9/09 12:56pm by pamlyn
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    "It feels like we had the right person at the right time, and then it became the wrong time," -- stated by Colleen Bracken, a Philadelphia leadership consultant when asked by a Phila. Inquirer writer to critique the performance of Mayor Michael Nutter.  Read more >

  3. The Narcoleptic Public Consciousness of America

    1/7/09 2:53pm by pamlyn
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    Wikipedia defines Consciousness as a type of mental state, a way of perceiving, particularly the perception of a relationship between self and other. It has been described as a point of view, an I, or what Thomas Nagel called the existence of "something that it is like" to be something.  Read more >

  4. My Secrets for Enjoying the Holiday Season

    12/23/08 8:41pm by pamlyn
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  5. Ten Good Reasons Not to Dismiss Caroline Kennedy So Quickly

    12/17/08 4:20pm by pamlyn
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    It seems that quite a few political pundits are dismissing the idea Caroline Kennedy's appointment to the Hillary Clinton's vacant New York Senate seat as nothing more than a form of Camelot nostalgia. In a recent article for Time, columnist Joe Klein wrote:  Read more >

  6. From Euphoria to Postpartum Blues

    11/11/08 7:33pm by pamlyn
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    As I told fellow blogger Charles Amico earlier today, a week after the election I'm experiencing a form of political postpartum blues.  Read more >

  7. You Can Tell A Lot About A Man by the Women in His Life

    9/20/08 11:17pm by pamlyn
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  8. In Defense of George W. Bush - from a member of "the angry left"

    9/16/08 1:39pm by pamlyn
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    Well not as much a defense as a little bit of human compassion for a man who is being hurled overboard like Jonah. And it seems that the people most anxious to hurl him into the sea are the members of his own party. Now that the great ship of the US economy is caught in a tsunami, the crew has decided that instead of drowning they are going toss the pariah. It's amazing what happens when a ship is going down.  Read more >

  9. A Day 45 Years in the Making and Why It's So Personal

    8/28/08 7:09pm by pamlyn
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    I was only 3 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the "I Have A Dream Speech" on the Washington Mall so, obviously, I wasn't there. Yet it seems that every day of my life has been shaped by the words spoken that day. I've seen the video footage so many times that it seems that those events are a part of my personal experience. However those are images captured through a lens and someone else's point of view.  Read more >

  10. Quote of the Day: "Wake Up America"

    8/26/08 7:23pm by pamlyn
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    -- the rallying cry of Senator Dennis Kucinich during his speech at the Democratic National Convention   Read more >

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