Firedoglake’s Eli has a nice post which begs larger questions for progressives; (1) how pure is too pure? and, (2) what can we do to expedite change? Eli’s point that change is painfully incremental is well taken (or, put another way…), and I think most of us would agree his characterization of that incrementalism as “cautious”...
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Sometimes a little black humor is the first step in changing attitudes - and maybe turning the tide. Think Country Joe & The Fish at Woodstock.      So, as we plumb ever more deeply the extent to which Big Business owns this once-great nation, I thought it might be fun - in a clinically depressed sort of way – to rework...
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No more, nohow. Love just goes so far No more Woke up this morning and found I didn’t care for you no more Nohow Never felt so good before You’re down to my size It’s over and done So honey, step down from your throne That look in your eyes Don’t bother me none...
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One of the things I do for fun and profit is write a column on business management. I’ve written it for more than fifteen years, close to 200 columns in all, published monthly in a trade magazine that serves a tiny little sliver of what’s left of American manufacturing: Custom woodworking. I was raised by a tool-and-die...
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