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President Obama: “The Affordable Care Act is here to stay”
From the White House: On March 23, 2010, I sat down at a table in the East Room of the White House and signed my name on a law that said, once and for all, […]
Editors' Choice
SCOTUS Watch – Friday, June 26th – UPDATE: Court rules that same-sex marriage is a right
June is SCOTUS Decision month, when all eyes turn to the Supreme Court for rulings on the cases argued this term (before the court adjourns on June 30th for the summer). The calendar normally calls […]
Editors' Choice
SCOTUS Watch – Thursday, June 25th – UPDATED: ACA Wins! Fair Housing Wins!
June is SCOTUS Decision month, when all eyes turn to the Supreme Court for rulings on the cases argued this term (before the court adjourns on June 30th for the summer). The calendar calls for […]
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The Business Card Left at the End of Our Driveway
The two sides of the business card recently left at the end of our driveway.
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Let Our People Vote
Today, Democrats in Congress will introduce the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015, a bill intended to repair the damage done to the Voting Rights Act by the Shelby County v Holder Supreme Court ruling […]
Blackness
The beautiful quilt of blackness
I look at Romare Bearden’s “Patchwork Quilt” and I see blackness that is a beautiful collage, a fabric stitched together made up of many parts which have a deep spiritual meaning that many people want […]
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Leonard Pitts: “Where can we find sanctuary?”
Leonard Pitts, widely syndicated opinion writer for the Miami Herald, published an editorial yesterday: There is no sanctuary He begins with the definition of “sanctuary”: The main hall of a church is called a sanctuary. […]
Election 2016
GOP Primary Primacy – NBC/WSJ Poll
Jeb!mentum and Trumpmania were the watchwords last week as the clown car swelled by two. Word was that Bobby Jindal, dictator of Louisiana, was to have announced on Saturday but probably held up as he […]
Editors' Choice
SCOTUS Watch – Monday, June 22nd – UPDATED
June is SCOTUS Decision month, when all eyes turn to the Supreme Court for rulings on the cases argued this term (before the court adjourns on June 30th for the summer). The calendar calls for […]
Community
Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: June 21st through June 27th
Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]