To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Observercast

Pottersville Goes Online

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BY FROMA HARROP What is it that makes the holiday movie classic It’s a Wonderful Life feel so ancient? It’s the relationships, but which ones? Not George Bailey’s warm and loving family. We have close families today. It’s not the far-off relationships, as with long-lost school friends. We have more of them than ever, thanks […]

Thinking Of Amazon Workers This Holiday Season

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER During the hectic holiday shopping season, Jeff Bezos’ Amazon.com may seem like a great option, especially for us procrastinators. Anything you want can be shipped directly to your doorstep. All it takes is a few clicks on the Amazon website and – of course – some of your hard-earned money. The media […]

Charity Versus Panhandling

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BY FROMA HARROP I’m paying up at this discount store, and the nice woman at the cash register asks me something like, “Do you want to support a program to help homeless teenagers get drug counseling?” “Suppose I don’t” is the thought never uttered. Instead, I say, “No, thank you” or, less forthrightly, “Not today.” […]

Crimes Without Punishment

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BY JOE CONASON With the release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the use of torture by the CIA after 9/11, the final defense of the indefensible by its perpetrators, advocates and publicists is falling apart before our eyes. Not only did “enhanced interrogation,” the Nazi euphemism adopted by the Bush-Cheney Administration, […]

The Pain Of Inequality Among Yacht Buyers

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER In this season of mass commercialism, let’s pause to consider the plight of simple millionaires. Why? Because we now share a common cause: Inequality. You don’t hear much about it, but millionaires are suffering a wealth gap, too, and it’s having a depressing impact on both their level of consumption and their […]