Band Aid Revisited: 25 Years Later
Many of you may remember when Bob Geldof got a group of musicians together on behalf of Africa in 1984 and recorded a song whose proceeds went to famine relief in Ethiopia....
View ArticleHello Barack Obama—Have We No Bottom Line?
Hello Barack Obama. Thank you for visiting The Daily Hurricane each day. Please don’t give in on ending the Bush tax cuts for people earning more that $250,000 a year. We are at war in Afghanistan, we...
View ArticleRaisins and Watermelons: An Analogy
I’ve never been a fan of raisins. There’s just something about a so-called fruit that is all shriveled up and looks like dead bugs that has never appealed to me. Over the years, raisins have become...
View ArticleGetting Educated
You’ve probably seen the articles about what’s going on with public education these days. There’s the “it’s the Republicans fault” cry to counter the “it’s the Democrats fault“, but I’ll take the...
View ArticlePolitifact: Texas Receives More Than it Gives
Rachel Maddow did a story last week about how, despite Rick Perry’s anti-government rhetoric, Texas receives more in federal funds than it pays it federal taxes. Politifact rated her conclusion as...
View ArticleThe American Mid-Life Crisis
I’ve made an observation about myself lately, and a friend mentioned this morning that what I’m going through might be described as a mid-life crisis. No, I haven’t gone out and bought a little red...
View ArticleAmerica’s Priorities are Shameful
Patriotism is a unique emotion. To me, it means love of country, love of our history, and love of our community. Patriotism, as of late, has been not more than a weapon yielded against one political...
View ArticlePerry Cake: Have it and Eat it
This week I have had visions of Marie Antoinette, powdered wigs, posh surroundings, starving peasants and so forth in my head, for some reason. Headlines this week included one about Ick Perry handing...
View ArticleNick Hanauer video: Time Well Spent
Nick Hanauer has been called an ‘uber-rich’ guy, and for good reason. In the time it takes to check out this link, he’ll make more than most people do in a year. What makes him interesting enough to...
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Is This Any Way to Run a Country?
Uh, no. Remember this photo of Republicans ready to go to conference during the government shutdown? Something Democrats had been trying to get them to do since April? Well sir, the shutdown ended on...
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