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HEALTH CARE: Mrs. Rustbelt is Grouchy

by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt HEALTH CARE: Mrs. Rustbelt is Grouchy Mrs. Rustbelt (aka the world’s great nurse) is a paragon of competence, compassion, service and self-sacrifice. When grandma is…

Anxious Delusions

…crash and burn within the first twenty episodes, and actually shows real compassion along the way. Won’t last of course…we need our devils and angels to look and stay predictable….

What do we want our economy to do? Misuse of GDP

…public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to…

De-fanging passive voice

…serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside of you and every other person too.” They thought about it for…

Trolls spend a lot of time online

…otherwise). You cannot negotiate with them; you cannot cause them to feel shame or compassion; you cannot reason with them. They cannot be made to feel remorse. For some reason,…

A Colossal Failure of Leadership

compassion to his prepared remarks. Meanwhile, the greatest natural disaster in a century was unfolding at sickening speed with television cameras capturing footage of looting reminiscent of the days after…

The Moral Case for Liberalism

…have been incessantly advocating for a quarter century. If the left is willing to make it, the moral case for being liberal is strong. Being liberal means having compassion for…

The Last Word on Bush’s Agenda for America

…“A Plan for Supporting Our Communities and Honoring American Values of Compassion and Service”, which is code for a potpourri of rightwing ideas including promoting rightwing judges, reducing welfare benefits,…

…job growth. Surging home ownership. Real income growth. Fiscal responsibility. Compassion. Good relations with allies around the world. More popular than Reagan, based on exit polls in 1989 and 2001….

…liberals don’t like Bush (from her column, not the book): So George Dubya becomes president, having run as a “compassionate conservative,” and what do we get? Hell’s own conservative and…