People power Sheila January 4, 2010 Does the battle to define and defend longstanding social policies just seem to be more engaged and critical right now, Read More
Bureaucratic bullies get pushback Sheila December 30, 2009 First, get power. Then, consolidate it. Next, break promises to the people who helped you get power that you would Read More
The press back and forth Sheila December 28, 2009 This is the time for retrospectives, and forecasting. The media are doing both. And they are especially political this year. Read More
If it takes a village… Sheila December 28, 2009 That little community is Lithuania right now. Together with Ireland and Italy and communities scattered in Spain and several other Read More
This did not seem inevitable Sheila December 21, 2009 Michael Barone is a straightforward policy wonk in terms of political facts both current and historical. He’s watching all Read More
100 world leaders gathered in a room Sheila December 21, 2009 Sounds like the start of a joke, right? The way some see it, it is. Caritas Internationalis– the international consortium Read More
Deconstructing ‘health care’ Sheila December 19, 2009 Abortion is not health care, as the post below considers. Neither is physician-assisted suicide. Wesley Smith says the system is Read More
Don’t understand climate negotiations? Sheila December 16, 2009 Me neither. It reminds me of a story I linked to some time ago by a financial guy who didn’Read More
Two options: compliance or punishment Sheila December 15, 2009 Let’s back our way into this outrageous story: Thornton states that unlike much of the American education system, German Read More
We want world peace Sheila December 15, 2009 Pope Benedict has issued a call for cosmic peace. In his Message this year the Pope presents “a cosmic vision Read More
