GOP Staffer on Vitter Amendment: "Congress Literally Threw Staff Under The Bus" | Mother Jones
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Monday, September 30, 2013
In Mississippi, America's most revolutionary mayor | Al Jazeera America
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba is 'applying a philosophy against imperialism to the practice of repairing streets'
Populist Left Makes Warren Its Hot Ticket - NYTimes.com
In an ideal world Elizabeth Warren, my favorite Senator would be the next President. I can be happy with Hillary but I would be overjoyed with a President Warren.
Veterans of City Opera, Proudly Wistful, Reflect as the Curtain Falls - NYTimes.com
This is extremely sad. I remember the NYC Opera with fondness. Yes the Met is still with us but as a young grade school student my first exposure to opera live was at the NYC Opera at Town Hall. At Hunter College my opera class was taught by the Assistant Director of the NYC Opera. NYC is losing a major cultural institution. In an era where American culture has in part devolved into a form of pop fast food entertainment we need to preserve the arts in all of it's forms.