Rose Solari, Poet Extraordinaire, inspired by the recent NHL All-Star Game, has unearthed a terrific piece she once did for the legendary SportsFan Magazine! It's called, "How the New Age Movement Drove Me to the National Hockey League!" Enjoy! … [Read more...] about Poet Rose Solari on Hockey!
Happy Birthday Thomas Paine!
January 29th is the 273rd birthday of the man who gave our country the name, "The United States of America." In the 1820's, more than a decade after his ignominious death, admirers of Thomas Paine began a tradition of meeting in pubs around the world on his birthday to raise a glass to the man who … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Thomas Paine!
Patterson’s Vagabonds Top Ten II
A Post Day One Priority Schedule! Want to save some money? Here are the Vagabond's Ideas For Obama and the New Congress to consider: 1. Close Guantanamo and end USA sponsored torture. Tell the word that such a thing will never happen again. 2. Get a law enacted that prevents US companies from … [Read more...] about Patterson’s Vagabonds Top Ten II
New Deal Bashing: A New Tool For The Ignorant
You've been hearing this piece of idiocy forever, "It wasn't the New Deal that saved us from the Great Depression, it was World War II." In other words, domestic deficit spending is evil, but military deficit spending on a humungous scale is somehow not deficit spending at all! Go Figure. New … [Read more...] about New Deal Bashing: A New Tool For The Ignorant
Welcome To Chicago East! AKA Washington, DC!
Where it's cool to be hip, smart, and Liberal again, at last! Welcome To Chicago East! Old guard Washingtonians can feel it coming: a vast sea change in the culture of the Capital City. Many locals are unaware of what's about to happen. Want to see how cool this stodgy old town could actually … [Read more...] about Welcome To Chicago East! AKA Washington, DC!
Kick’m While They’re Down!
Four Days after the 2008 Presidential Election, on November 6, 2008, James J Patterson had this to say, "The 2010 Congressional Election Campaign began on November 5th"...would that it had. A reprint of that column is here, and may prove insightful as we head into the stretch run... Now that the … [Read more...] about Kick’m While They’re Down!