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RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Kicking Cans, or Kicking Cans?
Observing political jargon is a fascinating business, as lawmakers struggle to find ways to frame issues their way, and appeal to their respective bases. Pithy terms like �job... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Nov 15, 2011 at 10:38 pm

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Business: too big to succeed?
Item: Grocery chain manager calls the cops on pregnant couple, with small child, who forgot to pay for a sandwich. Adults are hauled-off to jail; child placed in protective c... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Nov 2, 2011 at 8:41 am
There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 3, 2011 at 10:31 am.

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
A few thoughts on restoring the middle class
Last week, I complained that none of the candidates for the highest office in the land are talking about what really ails the country � the steady decline of the middle class,... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Oct 26, 2011 at 11:24 am
There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 26, 2011 at 10:50 pm.

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Where IS the beef?
Wendy�s hamburger chain is trying to revive its classic ad campaign, and it poses The inquiry we need to be making of our leaders. The fundamental problem that ails this ... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Oct 19, 2011 at 10:44 am
There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 19, 2011 at 1:31 pm.

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
A Butterfly�s Hurricane?
As the saying goes, when a butterfly flaps its wings in Thailand, the wind blows in Michigan. In other words, everything is connected to everything else in the natural world.... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Oct 11, 2011 at 10:57 pm

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
There�s somethin� 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 M... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Oct 4, 2011 at 11:31 pm

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
The Berkeley Bake-sale Blues
The world needs a Berkeley. From the Free Speech Movement (FSM) days of Mario Savio and many others, this Bay Area burg has been synonymous with Progressive politics. The ca... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Sep 26, 2011 at 5:43 pm
There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 27, 2011 at 2:53 pm.

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Bringing up Bibi
I recall the foreboding I felt in 1967, at the prospect of a war between tiny Israel and its Arab neighbors. It seemed impossible for these latter-day Davids to defeat the ... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Sep 20, 2011 at 11:37 pm

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Driving the Hippo
When I was a cub employee at a Fortune 50 company on the Other Coast, a mentor once told me: �Sprout, this company is like a huge hippopotamus, floating slowly down a lazy t... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Sep 14, 2011 at 6:52 am
There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 15, 2011 at 1:29 pm.

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Where have you gone, Butch and Sundance?
One of the commenters in the Religion and Politics series calls himself �Normal mainstream republican,� a title that might as well have read �Endangered Species.� He got me... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Sep 7, 2011 at 7:30 am
There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 8, 2011 at 6:04 pm.

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Religion and Politics III: Foreign Policy.
Well, this may be a mercifully brief edition, as I�ve been basking in the green Sierra. My overheated synapses were gloriously sanctified in the restorative waters of Huntingt... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Aug 31, 2011 at 12:48 am
There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 31, 2011 at 1:35 pm.

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Religion and Politics, Part 1 (uh-oh)
America is a nation founded in major part by refugees to whom religious expression was important enough to risk the perils of an ocean voyage and brave the challenges of fro... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Aug 17, 2011 at 8:41 am
There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 17, 2011 at 5:05 pm.

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Just who IS this Obama guy, anyway?
It�s tempting to begin this week�s epistle with an inquiry about whether anybody feels better about last week�s DC debacle, from an investor�s vantage fully 15% below where yo... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Aug 9, 2011 at 9:58 pm
There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 11, 2011 at 2:43 pm.

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Pretending to resolve a make-believe crisis in a way that nobody can understand
Is everybody happy now? Relieved anyway, because we dodged a bullet, forged a compromise and snatched victory from the jaws of default? Does it make any difference: - tha... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Aug 2, 2011 at 7:38 pm
There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 7, 2011 at 10:52 am.

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
It�s Not Your Founding Fathers� First Amendment
I have always had profound respect for the First Amendment�s genius, considering it the most fundamental expression of America�s respect for individual freedom. It guards u... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Jul 27, 2011 at 10:21 am

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Ike�s Farewell, Revisited
I recently came across President Eisenhower�s Farewell Address to the nation, circa 1961, on a Great Speeches CD. It�s impressive in its predictive power and in its moderat... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Jul 19, 2011 at 9:57 pm

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Wealth, unions, the beleaguered middle class and the last cookie
As the story goes, a unionized public employee, a middle manager, and a Wall Street CEO are seated at a table, with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO takes 11 cookies, looks at ... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Jul 12, 2011 at 6:28 pm
There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 13, 2011 at 6:14 pm.

RAUCOUS CAUCUS
What price retribution?
Some interesting internal conversations occur when there�s tension between two competing beliefs inside any one person�s head. For the many Californians who support both th... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of Danville, on Jul 5, 2011 at 10:03 pm
There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 15, 2011 at 7:46 am.

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