Category Archives: Guest Blog

My Valentine From Joan Walsh

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “My Valentine From Joan Walsh”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The Salon editor doesn’t like one of my co-bloggers, and felt it necessary to say so Sunday night in a direct message on Twitter. I’m not sure she ever actually followed me, … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog, Movement Politics, Professional Left, progressives | 4 Comments

My Name Is Magic Love Hose, And I Am a Shopaholic.

Posted on December 12, 2011 by MagicLoveHose

Share the post “My Name Is Magic Love Hose, And I Am a Shopaholic.”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail This is a hard post to write and an unusual one. Bear with me, please. If you’re bored by personal lollygagging on a politics and wonk … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog, marketing gone wrong | 2 Comments

Sometimes a Cigar Is Just a Cigar

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Sometimes a Cigar Is Just a Cigar”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy Emilia 1956 Behold, a bare-faced liar! And behold a weakness of the Occupy movement, that a crowd gathers every time a famous face appears, ostensibly, to bless the movement and … Continue reading →

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A Little Women Problem

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Emilia1956

Share the post “A Little Women Problem”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy Emilia 1956 One week before I’m about to fly home to the States for a visit, and all I hear coming from that side of the Pond is Herman Cain, Herman Cain, Herman … Continue reading →

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It’s Still Bigotry

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Emilia1956

Share the post “It’s Still Bigotry”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The New York Times ran a very interesting story today about civility – or manners – being decidedly on the decline in the South – you know, that last bastion of hospitality. The article … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog, southern politics | 2 Comments

When the Big Tent Sucks

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Emilia1956

Share the post “When the Big Tent Sucks”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I don’t like Republicans. I never have. I was raised to think of them as the social and political enemy of my kind, the Democrats, but just because I’m not fond of … Continue reading →

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Occupy the Professional Left

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Occupy the Professional Left”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail By Emilia 1956 When two esteemed and respected journalists members of the Professional Left decided to make a fashion statement foray amongst the protesters on Wall Street recently, they were surprised at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog, Occupy America | 6 Comments

The Truth That Hurts

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Truth That Hurts”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail By Emilia 1956 From The New York Times, a comment about Occupy Wall Street from a reader in Chicago:- The leaderlessness and the lack of any agenda or even the desire to engage the … Continue reading →

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Bill Maher Addresses Racism…Unfortunately, Not His Own

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Bill Maher Addresses Racism…Unfortunately, Not His Own”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy Emilia 1956 On Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill’s final New Rule dealt with the Niggerhead Incident and the Republican Party’s official stance on racism, which is, basically, to deny … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog, racism in politics | 1 Comment

Occupy Wall Street Could Be a Seminal Moment…or it Could Not

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Occupy Wall Street Could Be a Seminal Moment…or it Could Not”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy Emilia 1956 When the London (and other English cities) riots rampaged earlier this year, I read with droll amusement, the armchair activist quarterbacks’ wistful comments in Huffington … Continue reading →

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Our Gang Goes Political – 2011 Version

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Our Gang Goes Political – 2011 Version”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy Emilia1956 Remember the old film shorts from the 1930s “Our Gang?” Ever wonder who the Our Gang crew would grow up to be if they went into politics? Well … … Continue reading →

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