To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Friday, April 19, 2024

Observercast

The Smallness Of Being In Economy Class

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BY FROMA HARROP Americans are in the dumps about their future. What does that have to do with legroom in economy class? Everything. The middle class sees its stature shrinking in the global pecking order and in a culture that favors money over well-being. There can be no better example for this than the indignities […]

Rick Perry’s Clown Show

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Trial lawyers will tell you that any good prosecutor could convince a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. Well, meet that ham sandwich! Here in my burg of Austin, TX, grand jury has just indicted Gov. Rick “Rooti-Toot-Toot” Perry, a real ham – only not as smart. He’s charged with official […]

The Lesson For Liberals

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH There’s a painful lesson to be learned for liberals, especially liberal Jews, from the hopefully concluded war in Gaza. Most of my liberal friends desperately want to believe that the fact that Israel is subject to more criticism than almost any country in the world [including some very scary ones], that respected […]

What About That VA Hospital Scandal?

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BY FROMA HARROP The unofficial end of summer, Labor Day, may serve as a bookend to a scandal that exploded around the unofficial start, Memorial Day. We speak of the very long wait times to see primary care providers at veterans hospitals and, more seriously, the doctoring of records by some hospital administrators to hide […]

Is Ferguson A Social Media Victim?

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BY FROMA HARROP Soon the cameras, protesters, gawkers and tweeters will depart Ferguson, MO, leaving the question: What will be left of this embattled city when the smoke clears? We’ve seen predominantly African-American communities caught up in such turmoil before. We’ve seen the people’s buildings, stores, places of employment and reputation wrecked for decades – […]