Portside

Sharon died last week, eulogized by the very people he despised and turned into a shallow folk hero. The Ministry of Education compared him to Moses. In real life he was a very complex person, as complex as Israel. His personal history is interwoven with the history of Israel. His main legacy was catastrophic: scores of settlements which he implanted all over the West Bank – each of them a landmine which will have to be removed at great risk when the time comes.

As written, this bill does not protect the rights of racial minorities against discrimination at the polls. The North Carolina State Conference of Branches of the NAACP is not willing to accept any legislation which does not mandate that North Carolina is designated as a covered jurisdiction.

Poverty is not just a function of lack of adequate income. Providing income alone does not eliminate poverty.

There’s nothing like realizing that our regulators and our corporations rely on semi-educated guesses, dependence on corporate testing of chemical compounds, and squeaking by on the lucky chance to make one feel safer.

Income Inequality, Israel, NSA, Minimum Wage, Nuclear Power

It is about the memory of who stood and who did not stand with Chile in their darkest moments.-

It would cost less for the government to make all public universities tuition-free than what the government already spends in higher education. True story.

Moral Monday Georgia and Truthful Tuesday South Carolina Commence

“NAFTA on Steroids”

Oh, how we love those Republican “straight-shooters.”