Monthly Archives: April 2010

Interesting article in Slate by Ron Rosenbaum, “The Tea Party’s Toxic Take on History,” points out how Tea Party enthusiasts misuse terms from history. “Listen to Tea Partiers on cable news—or read the signs they hoist or their Internet comments—,” … Continue reading →

Great article this morning in the NYT by Frank Rich, “Fight On, Goldman Sachs!”, about Wall Street’s “sleazy role in the Great Crash of ‘08.” Rich writes about “capitalism’s worst ‘innovation’ in our own Gilded Age: the advent of exotic, … Continue reading →

In response to my post, “In Kettering, The 6.9 Mill School Tax Levy Might Help Inspire Formation Of New Grassroots Group,” a Kettering voter, Dick Dungan, replied, “I would like permission to copy your letter and forward it to the … Continue reading →

I’m hand delivering this letter to my precinct, Kettering 4-K. It is two pages, stapled together, double sided. The best guess is that 357 of the 1198 voters in this precinct will vote in this May 4 Primary, so I … Continue reading →

Karen Armstrong’s article in the The Huffington Post, “Bringing Compassion to the Middle East,” tells about her on-going efforts to bring peace to our world. In 2008, Armstrong won the TED Prize — $100,000 to pursue a project to make … Continue reading →

In February, Steve Clark, Kettering’s School Treasurer, reported that real estate revenue exceeded his original estimate by $1 million. Now, the school district has received the auditors final report, the“real estate settlement,” and it is clear that the unexpected $1 … Continue reading →