Category: news
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sarah palin in running shorts?
Did you see this week’s Newsweek cover featuring Sarah Palin in running shorts? Apparently the photo was originally taken for an issue of Runners World and was resurrected for the current issue of Newsweek. As Cokie Roberts put it on Good Morning America, “[The photo] is a way of saying, ‘Don’t take this person seriously,…
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race & healthcare reform: distraction or reality?
A couple weeks back I wondered how much of the current outspoken opposition to health-care reform is related to race and racism. At least one commenter thought I was off base, that focusing on race misses the actual concerns of those opposed to President Obama’s proposed reforms. Not one debate I heard from anyone opposing…
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be afraid, be very afraid of… health care reform
Summertime typically brings a break from our national political drama, but the push for health care reform has ensured no such breather. This story continues to unfold at a pace that I can barely keep up with. Has anyone else found it difficult to ignore the noisy hyperbole while trying to understand the actual facts…
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searching for tomatoes in a food desert
My friend Esther Kang is the editor of Chicago Magazine online and recently sent me this fascinating article from the magazine about food deserts in Chicago. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, the article’s author says this about food deserts, A cluster of blocks without a corner grocery doesn’t by itself warrant the label; an…
David W. Swanson 