Category Archives: politics

Free At Last

Posted on January 16, 2012 by mero

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when allof God’s children, black … Continue reading →

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Disgraceful

Posted on November 15, 2011 by mero

I’ve been kind of quiet about the whole Penn State affair, because a lot of what I think has already been said by plenty of others with far more eloquence than I could offer. However, I cannot stand quiet on … Continue reading →

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What Do They Want?

Posted on October 13, 2011 by mero

That’s from a great cartoon from Tom Tomorrow that’s up at Daily Kos which I think succinctly sums up a lot of the media coverage that the Occupy Wall Street protests are getting. When you’re little more than an arm … Continue reading →

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A Teacher’s Son

Posted on August 22, 2011 by mero

It says a lot that we’ll hear this kind of passionate defense of teachers from Matt Damon, but not our politicians, from either party. This is the kind of speech you’d expect from one of his movie characters, but instead … Continue reading →

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Sorry It Took So Long

Posted on May 1, 2011 by mero

There is, of course, a lot of things to say about the amazing news of Osama bin Laden’s death, but that’s for another time. Right now, I think this macro puts a lot of current events into perspective very nicely. … Continue reading →

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