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Occasional Planet

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Progressive voices speaking out.

 St Louis MO
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Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Should’ve Been a Celebration occasionalplanet.org/2022/03…
How Loose Lips from Obama Hurt America and the World occasionalplanet.org/2022/03…
Back in the USSR occasionalplanet.org/2022/03…
What Putin and Affirmative Action have in common occasionalplanet.org/2022/02…
Venezuela: Ukraine comes home to roost occasionalplanet.org/2022/02…
An Open Letter to Joe Biden: Nominate Kamala occasionalplanet.org/2022/01…
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Who on Capitol Hill is Allowed to Whine occasionalplanet.org/2022/01…

Who on Capitol Hill is Allowed to Whine - Occasional Planet

Manchin could whine and pout about how he is being treated, but other Democrats were not entitled to express frustration over how two senators are using antiquated rules to hold the country hostage.

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What Dems can actually do without Republicans occasionalplanet.org/2022/01…
What Dems can actually do without Republicans - Occasional Planet

What Dems can actually do without Republicans - Occasional Planet

There is one area in which Democrats can act alone, and that is how they operate and schedule their presidential primaries. Right now, the Democratic primary / caucus schedule is heavily weighted...

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The truth is expendable occasionalplanet.org/2022/01…
When to give a break to a politician occasionalplanet.org/2022/01…

When to give a break to a politician - Occasional Planet

On Tuesday, Jan. 11, there were three examples of a public officials being unfairly reamed or slighted by another official. Dr. Fauci and Centers for Disease Control director Dr. Rochelle Walensky...

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Changing Our Schools is Vital to Our National Healing occasionalplanet.org/2022/01…
Changing Our Schools is Vital to Our National Healing - Occasional Planet

Changing Our Schools is Vital to Our National Healing - Occasional Planet

What would you rather have in America’s schools; high test scores or students who are empathetic and have strong critical thinking skills? What good is it for an individual, or for American society,...

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Who loves America most? occasionalplanet.org/2022/01…
Biden deserves more than he’s getting from Mainstream Media occasionalplanet.org/2022/01…

Biden deserves more than he’s getting from Mainstream Media - Occasional Planet

Do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. It’s an oft-cited quote, but one that is easily forgotten. They are holding Joe Biden to a standard of perfection, rather than what it is reasonable...

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Why A “Civil War” Would Be So Hard for Progressives to “Win” occasionalplanet.org/2021/12…

Why A “Civil War” Would Be So Hard for Progressives to “Win” - Occasional Planet

In the wake of the January 6, 2021 insurrection and other rebellious acts from the right, there is increasing talk of a new American civil war. What shape it might take is open to all kinds of...

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If Elon Musk Really Wanted to Change The World occasionalplanet.org/2021/12…

If Elon Musk Really Wanted to Change The World - Occasional Planet

Imagine if Elon Musk, Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year,” put his mind to minimizing the frequency of and damage from forest fires. Suppose that he also focused on helping the United States and the...

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Another Lesson We Can Learn From Jackie Robinson occasionalplanet.org/2021/12…

Another Lesson We Can Learn From Jackie Robinson - Occasional Planet

Recalling that during Jackie Robinson’s era there were some who advised that people focus less on Robinson’s anger and more on the root causes of his anger, it would be wise for all of us now in the...

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Libs: Chris Christie’s New Book May Be Well Worth Checking Out occasionalplanet.org/2021/12…

Libs: Chris Christie’s New Book May Be Well Worth Checking Out - Occasional Planet

It provides further insight into one of the greatest mysteries for people who are not Republicans, and even some who are -- “the Republican Brain.” This is a phrase that became the title of Washing...

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Pro-Choice Advocates May Benefit from Timing of Supreme Court Decision on Mississippi Law occasionalplanet.org/2021/12…
Another reason why Manchin and Sinema should vote like Dems, at least for now occasionalplanet.org/2021/12…
Should Biden Play Hardball or Softball? occasionalplanet.org/2021/11…
Should Biden Play Hardball or Softball? - Occasional Planet

Should Biden Play Hardball or Softball? - Occasional Planet

According to 538, in early August Biden was up 52 – 42%. It was that month that the president announced that the United States was initiate a thorough and complete withdrawal from Afghanistan, where...

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