Working Life

I meant to post this piece I wrote for CNN.com. Says it all.

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Lots of questions are being asked about the Clinton Foundation–except some obvious ones that are being almost entirely ignored, questions which should invite debate on troubling connections sitting right out in broad daylight. Donald Trump and his Republicans allies, as well as others, have failed yet to make the case that Hillary Clinton tied her […]

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If you wanted to encapsulate the utter failure of the traditional media over the campaign season AND the ability of millions of people to ignore and tune out the shallowness of the media and soldier on to try to change the country (Cue media complaining “don’t blame us”), you could not find a better example […]

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Just a little nick at a time. Let it bleed. If you want a little window into the absolutely woeful performance of the traditional media in covering politics generally, and this election in particular, and the way in which the overriding imperative is to win ratings, just check out the last 24 hours. The traditional […]

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No, this is not a pitch for a cruise…unless you think of it as a cruise of the mind. With all the great work the Florida Bernie volunteers have done, I’m set for six events in three days. A lot easier to post them in one document–please RSVP!: January 8th, St. Petersburg: Jonathan Tasini Book […]

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Having gone 2-0 in the wild card games (including picking the ‘Stros over my team…which was a no-brainer given what a mediocre team the Yankees were if you looked below the surface), I should just be happy and call it a day…but, no, I have to embarrass myself so: Houston versus Royals: The ‘Stros are […]

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The Pope and Bernie Sanders share something: concern for the poor and a sharp critique of capitalism, as well as no fondness for the Wall Street class which funds virtually every other candidate, including the presumed front-runner. While others jostle for tickets to be in the picture with the Pope, Bernie’s hitting the streets with the very people he is campaigning to defend.

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Long day in New Hampshire Saturday (after 10-hour, 3-leg journey from Seattle…don’t ask…) so just getting around to this…I was at the New Hampshire state Democratic Party convention, and, then, later at an event at the Manchester Bernie headquarters where, among other things, Bernie received the endorsement of the local postal workers union.

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A common theme at Friday’s DNC meeting was the clear intention by the Democratic Party elite–principally, the chair of the party, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, to prevent much debate during the primaries. This is a pretty obvious tactic to prevent the “presumed front-runner” from having to answer many questions along the way and prevent the voters from […]

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This is a two-part observation about corruption in politics and two people I have deeply respected for many years–one of whom I think has gone off the deep end. A true testament of whether a person running for office is really about what he or she says or is just blowing smoke to get elected […]

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