RAUCOUS CAUCUS Inclusion or Extraction? This week’s 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... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Mar 16, 2012 at 5:40 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 19, 2012 at 8:13 pm.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS The Power of Appropriate Apology There's an old story that I've heard often enough that it may be true -- it concerns a law student who had to bring her 8 year-old son to contracts class one morning. The sub... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Mar 6, 2012 at 5:19 pm There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 16, 2012 at 5:50 pm.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS College: the best seven years of your life? Among the various incendiary claims that ignited a particularly conflagratory week on the campaign trail, was one that bears upon post-secondary education in these United Stat... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Feb 29, 2012 at 1:27 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 1, 2012 at 1:37 pm.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS Coming to grips with the contraception kerfuffle; and Colvin v. DSK I have been trying to sort out the Great Contraception/Religious Liberties/Women’ Health blemish that has erupted recently. That’s not as easy a task as it ought to be, becau... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Feb 22, 2012 at 11:04 am There have been 29 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 1, 2012 at 9:23 am.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS Just Like a Train-wreck A check-in is due to the slow-motion train wreck by which the GOP Faithful have been eat, err … vetting their candidates. It really has been a fascinating study in political... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Feb 14, 2012 at 10:09 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 21, 2012 at 8:45 am.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS Halftime To paraphrase Clint Eastwood's raspy Super Bowl ad for an Italian car company: “It’s halftime in California.” As reported elsewhere hereabouts, the monumental struggle betwee... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Feb 8, 2012 at 10:49 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 10, 2012 at 2:05 pm.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS 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... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Jan 31, 2012 at 6:41 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 1, 2012 at 12:16 pm.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS Of Downers and Coddled Cattle Lost behind yesterday’s sexier headlines about the Supreme Court’s unanimous privacy ruling on warrantless electronic surveillance, was the setback they dealt California’s unh... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Jan 24, 2012 at 5:22 pm
RAUCOUS CAUCUS Who’s minding the Fed? You are invited this week to step into my way back machine, and, if you dare, listen-in on the Fed’s Open Market Committee deliberations, circa 2006. There, the best and brigh... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Jan 17, 2012 at 6:42 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 18, 2012 at 4:43 pm.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS A Train to Nowhere? I am generally a fan of massive public works projects. BART and the Golden Gate and Bay bridges locally, the space program and the interstate highway system are all examples ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Jan 10, 2012 at 3:24 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 13, 2012 at 7:21 am.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS Is Violence Falling Out of Fashion? As the global village binds itself ever more closely, it’s difficult to avoid media coverage of anything that “sells newspapers,” in whatever form you actually now get your cu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Dec 27, 2011 at 2:20 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 31, 2011 at 8:36 pm.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS Thoughts About Iraq: Is there a way to feel good about it? Like most Americans, I saw footage of the last Americans loading out of Iraq with relief and pride in our troops’ ability to fight a hostile enemy in a worse environment, half... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Dec 20, 2011 at 11:35 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 28, 2011 at 12:04 pm.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS Does Race Still Matter in the 2012 Presidential Sweeps? I predict that this week’s epistle will cause a bit of a ruckus. I’m not sure, though, since I have been surprised on several occasions already over these twenty-some weeks. ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Dec 13, 2011 at 10:58 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 19, 2011 at 1:07 pm.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS It’s not your rich uncle’s 1% What’s the first image that pops into your head when you think of the super-rich? Is it a mustachioed Monopoly card personage, a Thomas Nast cartoon fat cat, Bernie Madoff? ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Dec 6, 2011 at 11:23 pm There have been 19 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 18, 2011 at 10:34 pm.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS Razing Cain? The misbehaviors of politicians are the most predictable entertainments since the invention of comedy. Although the venal instincts of our would-be ruling class run a broad g... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Nov 30, 2011 at 12:03 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 5, 2011 at 12:51 pm.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS The Great American Shake-out As the Congressional Super-Committee blunders toward stalemate, one has to wonder what this latest demonstration of the federal government's wretched inability to govern porte... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Nov 22, 2011 at 10:31 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 1, 2011 at 2:10 pm.
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 “jo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Nov 15, 2011 at 6:03 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 22, 2011 at 12:18 am.
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 the Danville neighborhood, on Nov 2, 2011 at 8:39 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 5, 2011 at 9:53 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 the Danville neighborhood, on Oct 26, 2011 at 11:25 am There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 12, 2012 at 3:38 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 the Danville neighborhood, on Oct 19, 2011 at 10:45 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 20, 2011 at 6:12 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 the Danville neighborhood, on Oct 11, 2011 at 10:58 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 12, 2011 at 3:58 pm.
RAUCOUS CAUCUS 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... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Oct 4, 2011 at 11:32 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 5, 2011 at 12:27 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 camp... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Sep 26, 2011 at 5:45 pm There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 12, 2011 at 9:14 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 Ar... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Sep 20, 2011 at 11:39 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 tro... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Sep 14, 2011 at 6:53 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 15, 2011 at 12:47 pm.
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