Like the tea-party stirrings among Republicans in 2009, Bernie Sanders is a sign that liberal activists are looking for a fight. Organized labor is threatening to challenge vulnerable moderate Democrats in primaries if they vote for the president’s fast-track trade authority. The newly-aggressive grassroots are letting their ideology blind them to political realities. Since left extremists like Ralph Nader (even with Michael Moore’s backing) never pull more than about 3% of the vote, and all they’ve accomplished is the election of George Bush II, it looks like Clinton and the Democrats may be doomed in 2016 as Gore was in 2000. [Read more…]

With boots on the ground  even before the quake, the Nepal Youth Foundation has  responded rapidly to the massive need for help both in Kathmandu and far-flung villages.  The 25-year-old NYF has launched a major relief effort to provide immediate help for those most in need as well as long-term rebuilding.

For example, NYF has temporarily converted two of their nutritional clinics in Kathmandu and Pokhara into recovery centers caring for earthquake victims, including mothers and their newborns. NYF has used its school buses to take victims home from hospitals. They have delivered tarps, tents, food and clothing to victims in six affected districts. The organization has expanded emergency day care and learning center programs in and around Kathmandu to care for 600 children. [Read more…]

Pope John Paul II

The Christian Right was infuriated when President Obama said something almost identical to what Pope John Paul II said in 2001, and accused Obama of throwing “Christians under the bus.” The pope said “It is tragic the assailants [crusaders] … turned against their brothers in the faith,” while Obama said that “during the Crusades and the Inquisition, [Read more…]

Sept 5, 2014. I’ve just upgraded zFacts from geeky Drupal to with-it WordPress. That’s a big commitment and I intend to keep the site up to date after this election (unlike after Nov. 2012). It will be particularly active for the next couple of months, so stay tuned, and here’s hoping today’s launch avoids catastrophe. [Read more…]

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