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Squaring the Pentagon
I think we can all agree that the single most fundamental duty of government is to provide for the national defense, from which all else flows. It is a testament to the succe... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Dec 12, 2012 at 1:31 pm by spcwt, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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A few final thoughts on the As, and a Polls Update
Baseball season came to a bittersweet end last Thursday evening, as the As bowed-out of MLBs post-season tournament three-games-to-two to the Tigers. Thus ended, for now,... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Oct 17, 2012 at 2:26 pm by cardinal, a resident of the Diablo neighborhood |
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College-level Math 1, Electoral edition
As the campaigns take shape in late September and the so-called low-interest voters (who may decide the outcome what a comfort that is!) finally tune-in to them, its time... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Sep 28, 2012 at 10:25 am by Dave, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Prop 29 Fails to Cure Cancer, does not ensure World Peace!
Having recently tried to update a woefully stale TV viewing habit (I gave up after the untimely demise of Deadwood), I tried to get interested in Mad Men, starting with season... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Jun 6, 2012 at 9:55 pm by spcwt, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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ObromneyCare, Part Deux: Estimation Boogaloo
Okay, where were we? After a description of the major features of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA for short, or ObromneyCare if you prefer), you've been p... |
Tom Cushing |
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on May 10, 2012 at 12:05 pm by Citizen Paine, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Brills Pill, Distilled
Ive admired Steven Brill since our much shaggier days; his early, spot-on exposee of the Teamsters was an act of journalistic courage. He has recently faced an even more form... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Mar 28, 2013 at 5:17 pm by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
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Absolute, on the rocks
Wow and Im referring not to the privately paid-for Inaugural gown, which was stunning enough, but did anyone happen to catch the actual Inaugural speech especially since ... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Jan 28, 2013 at 6:07 pm by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
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Of Petraeus and Portia
This has been a big week for empathy in my household -- starting with the elections, as we watched those who lost bear-up bravely under crushing disappointments. My week a... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Nov 15, 2012 at 8:07 pm by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
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The VeepStakes: First, do no harm (who's your choice?)
The presumptive GOP Presidential nominee, Mr. Romney, is in the process of vetting potential presumptive running mates, using the title mantra as the campaigns guide star. I... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Jul 20, 2012 at 3:02 pm by underdog, a resident of another community |
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Longing to Breathe Free
Americans are fond of asserting a "melting pot" image to explain the assimilation of successive waves of immigrants. That metaphor has never really appealed to your scribe, c... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Jun 28, 2012 at 10:39 am by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
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Syria: Several Options, all of them Lousy
Humanitarian crises tug at the heartstrings. The pennies-a-day campaigns of CARE have been working on TV since Lassie was a pup. ASPCA cranks up the Sara MacLachlan songs on... |
Tom Cushing |
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on May 18, 2013 at 6:52 am by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
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Stats or Stories?
"Human beings," a famous paleontologist once said, "are the primates who tell stories." Indeed, as we learn more about tool use and moral behavior as practiced by other specie... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Feb 8, 2013 at 8:20 pm by spcwt, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Horrific Toll. Simple Truth.
With the ancient Mayans now universally exposed as bad-at-math, it falls to me to write this weeks column. It will be brief, but heart-felt, and, I suspect, not uncontrovers... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Dec 26, 2012 at 11:13 am by cardinal, a resident of the Diablo neighborhood |
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RC Holiday Bonus: Vote for the Best Fiscal Ciffhanger!
If you'll return with us now to the tales of yesterweek, you may recall that the Concord Coalition's game of Principles and Priorities invites players to resolve the Fiscal ... |
Tom Cushing |
594 |
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on Dec 23, 2012 at 10:41 am by The AlaMojos, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
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Clear as Mud
If there is any principle upon which most members of the electorate can agree, at least part of the time, its that governmental funding and decisions ought, with few exceptio... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Jul 13, 2012 at 8:33 am by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
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Obromneycare, Part One: What is it, exactly?
The Affordable Care Act is (choose only one):
a. Socialized medicine
b. The moral equivalent of strapping grandma to an ice floe
c. The moral imperative of a civilize... |
Tom Cushing |
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on May 12, 2012 at 1:01 pm by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
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Inclusion or Extraction?
This weeks column is late for several reasons. (On) first, baseball intervened, and I spent four glorious days in the Arizona sun with my daughter. As we watched our belo... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Mar 19, 2012 at 8:13 pm by underdog, a resident of another community |
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Religion and Politics III: Foreign Policy.
Well, this may be a mercifully brief edition, as Ive been basking in the green Sierra. My overheated synapses were gloriously sanctified in the restorative waters of Huntingt... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Oct 12, 2011 at 10:05 pm by Normal mainstream republican, a resident of the San Ramon neighborhood |
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There's something happening here
With apologies to the Buffalo Springfield, what it is really Ain�t exactly clear. What we know is that thousands of disaffected, mostly young people have descended on lower... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Oct 5, 2011 at 12:27 pm by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Sustainability 1: The Commons
Picture in your minds eye a thriving medieval farm village. Each household owns its personal plot of land for tilling, and theres a large common area The Commons on whi... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Apr 17, 2013 at 8:59 am by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
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Food Stamps Food Fight
As I wandered the web a few days ago, this dust-up between CNN correspondent Soledad OBrien and Senator Jeff Sessions caught my ear: http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Dec 19, 2012 at 7:08 am by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
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Fiscal Cliff-diving: Play the Principles and Priorities Game (with Prizes!)
Okay, we all know that Congress is in disrepute with The Electorate -- otherwise, why would we have returned so many Incumbents to their seats in the Capitol? We also harbor ... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Dec 3, 2012 at 11:24 am by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
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The Hayden Bill, the Governor and the least among us
Please Note: I was all ready to opine on the depleted state of the GOP aspirants, and how quickly Obama has won me back and then THIS happened in Sacramento. While I promis... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Feb 1, 2012 at 12:16 pm by San Ramon Oberver, a resident of the San Ramon neighborhood |
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Is Violence Falling Out of Fashion?
As the global village binds itself ever more closely, its difficult to avoid media coverage of anything that sells newspapers, in whatever form you actually now get your cu... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Dec 31, 2011 at 8:36 pm by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Does Race Still Matter in the 2012 Presidential Sweeps?
I predict that this weeks epistle will cause a bit of a ruckus. Im not sure, though, since I have been surprised on several occasions already over these twenty-some weeks. ... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Dec 19, 2011 at 1:07 pm by Sam, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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