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Public Financing vs. Corporate Power

January 26th, 2010 by tom | No Comments

Public Financing vs. Corporate Power

Voters, it’s up to you now
San Francisco Chronicle – Letters to the Editor – Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A call for public financing
If the “populist-progressive alliance” called for by E.J. Dionne Jr. (”A real wave of populism,” Jan. 25) wants to drive a stake into the heart of the Supreme Court-backed corporate takeover of our country, [...]


How to Stop Terrorism

January 1st, 2010 by tom | No Comments

How to Stop Terrorism

How to stop terrorism – SF Chronicle 12/30/09
The Chronicle misses the mark in its attempt “to speak the truth” about stopping terrorism (Editorial, Dec. 29).
If we wish to stop driving young men and women into giving their lives in acts of terrorism, we must stop killing innocent Muslims, stop expanding our occupation of Muslim lands, [...]


Reversing an Exodus

December 12th, 2009 by tom | No Comments

Reversing an Exodus

New York Times – December 5, 1994 [Page 1]
Reversing an Exodus — A special report:
Former Refugees See Opportunity in Vietnam
By SETH MYDANS,

DA LAT, Vietnam— She couldn’t stop sampling the tropical fruits, the steamed snails, the candied plums. She was enthralled by the children, with their red scarves, trooping along the dirt paths to school. [...]


Time for Leadership NY Times 8/14/09

August 14th, 2009 by tom | No Comments

Time for Leadership NY Times 8/14/09

August 14, 2009
Letter
Time for Leadership
To the Editor:
Re “Senator Goes Face to Face With Dissent” (front page, Aug. 12):
If there ever was a time for leadership, now is the time for President Obama to make his case to the American people in clear and uncertain terms about what changes he believes are needed in our health [...]


re: “White House Affirms Deal on Drug Cost” 8/6 (NYT)

August 6th, 2009 by tom | No Comments

re: “White House Affirms Deal on Drug Cost” 8/6 (NYT)

Dear Editor:
Political reality (that is, our pay to play system) requires compromise, but where does the drug industry get off charging outrageously high non-competitive drug prices, undermining the social good of providing universal health care ["White House Affirms Deal on Drug Cost" 8/6]?   If socialized medicine is so terrible for the injured and sick, why [...]


Travel to Cuba

July 25th, 2009 by tom | No Comments

Travel to Cuba

July 25, 2009 at 11:37 a.m. SEATTLE TIMES
Travel to Cuba
Posted by Bruce Ramsey

A reader writes:
I’ve read with interest your July 21 column on your visit to Cuba. There are, as you noted, drab state stores where Cubans can use their currency to obtain basic necessities, like beans and rice, but the real retail market [...]