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RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Nowhere to HideIn his own words, by nominating Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court, President Obama has “played it straight.” So doing, he has also skillfully...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Mar. 16, 2016Last comment by Tom, on Mar 22, 2016 at 3:21 pm | 41 comments | 9221 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
A Pope that a Unitarian Can Love ? Part One of a SeriesI just finished reading Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Dec. 8, 2013Last comment by BT, on Dec 16, 2013 at 8:22 pm | 40 comments | 30296 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
The Gay Rights Movement Coming of Age(Note: In a rare triumph of propriety over punsmanship, I decided against calling this a 'Gay Rights Coming-out Party.' Don't get used to it.) In its perpetual...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Apr. 10, 2014Last comment by Tom Cushing, on Apr 20, 2014 at 7:22 am | 40 comments | 58629 Views
TIM TALK
Obamacare is rotten at its coreForget about the incompetent feds trying to fix a web site, it's the reality of the law that now is hitting home that is the over-riding concern. Incidentally,...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 5, 2013Last comment by JohnGaf, on Sep 6, 2017 at 8:10 am | 39 comments | 50185 Views
TIM TALK
Banning natural gas heating in Dublin?California’s extreme climate goals are continuing to take a toll. Last year, the state energy commission approved plans from several cities and Marin County...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 20, 2020Last comment by Cholo, on Mar 2, 2020 at 2:05 pm | 39 comments | 5479 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Since When are Competition and Lower Medical Costs a Bad Thing?I am writing in response to brother blogger Tim's recent description of developments in the East Bay health care market. I'll admit to some uncertainty about the...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Feb. 7, 2014Last comment by D loansmob, on Jun 2, 2017 at 12:54 am | 39 comments | 34941 Views
PRESSING ISSUES
We acknowledge an error in judgment was madeAs was noted in a Town Square forum by frequent poster "Stacey," the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics includes being "honest, fair...
Original post made by Gina Channell-Allen on Apr. 7, 2009Last comment by Start Afresh, on May 6, 2011 at 8:00 am | 38 comments | 14815 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Indiana Bakery: On-line Customer ApplicationThe Hoosier Daddy, a Cakery for discriminating tastes On-Line Customer Convenience Application (PCs only ? does not work...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Apr. 10, 2015Last comment by Tom Cushing, on Apr 17, 2015 at 1:01 pm | 38 comments | 12891 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
The Great Divide, and What’s Next?The depths of our political schism were made personal to me recently in a phone conversation with my boyhood BFF in Florida, with whom I’ve stayed in-touch...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on May. 21, 2017Last comment by Tom Cushing, on May 24, 2017 at 1:07 pm | 38 comments | 5551 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Constitution Guarantees Nationwide Right to Same-Sex Marriage"In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Constitution guarantees a nationwide right to same-sex marriage...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Jun. 26, 2015Last comment by Chandrama Anderson, on Aug 2, 2015 at 10:39 am | 37 comments | 26163 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Reasons to Love the A’s, Chapters NextLet’s get the baseball stuff out of the way first – any regulars will know what’s coming. 1 – there’s the new stadium prospect...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Sep. 24, 2017Last comment by addisonsophia, on Nov 27, 2017 at 9:22 pm | 37 comments | 6402 Views
TIM TALK
Pleasanton police vehicles damaged in Oakland protestEarlier today I wrote that the Pleasanton City Council elections were not surprising. I did overlook one election-related surprise---seeing damaged Pleasanton police...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 10, 2016Last comment by DKHSK, on Nov 18, 2016 at 9:45 am | 36 comments | 10030 Views
TIM TALK
A different take on Betsy DeVos' confirmationThe Senate continued to slowly confirm President Trump’s cabinet nominees this week with the confirmation of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos drawing the most...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 9, 2017Last comment by Oldtimer, on Feb 15, 2017 at 9:29 am | 36 comments | 9745 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Doctor Angell (apologies to Shelley Fabares)I've been impressed with the braintrust assembled by Gov. Newsom to address the Coronavirus health crisis. They are leaders in their professions - and parenthetically,...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Apr. 28, 2020Last comment by Tom Cushing, on Apr 30, 2020 at 7:24 am | 36 comments | 9979 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Debate 3: Horses and Tumult and Barnum ? Oh My!The "miscellaneous impressions" format worked so well last week in promoting a searching policy conversation -- let's try it again. 1 -- The overriding theme...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Oct. 24, 2012Last comment by cardinal, on Nov 4, 2012 at 8:31 am | 36 comments | 18882 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Crocks on FoxThe cancel culture meets media manipulation. Stop me before I alliterate again (too late). I swore I wasn’t going to write about this culture ‘crisis’...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Mar. 15, 2021Last comment by Tom Cushing, on May 31, 2021 at 6:18 am | 36 comments | 5262 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
CIA?s Five Stages of WoeThis hasn't been a proud week for most Americans. We will forever chase our ideals, of course ? aspiring to them is our cherished, shared bedrock value. We expect...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Dec. 11, 2014Last comment by Doug Miller, on Dec 20, 2014 at 10:47 am | 34 comments | 10992 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Pork PoliticsSave the Jersey 9,000! No, those victims of unspeakably cruel imprisonment are not of our species, nor are they even Jersey cows. They are, however, animals as...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Dec. 1, 2014Last comment by Herman Glates, on Dec 8, 2014 at 1:11 pm | 34 comments | 15146 Views
TIM TALK
The takeout math just doesn't work for restaurantsThe county health departments’ shelter in place orders on March 9 caught many, many people by surprise. With the hospitality and transportation industries already...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 26, 2020Last comment by DKHSK, on Apr 2, 2020 at 11:06 am | 33 comments | 8201 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
House built on a sand foundationPolitical campaigns are not famous for hewing to any line of ethical rectitude. The First Amendment that honors free expression is never stronger than when the...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Aug. 31, 2012Last comment by Tom Cushing, on Sep 16, 2012 at 11:32 am | 33 comments | 12246 Views
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