Damek.

By accident I discovered this DailyKos user who has just begun a series (only the first is up so far) of diaries talking about philosophy, and given recent posts of mine and other threads weaving through my thoughts and life, I’m finding it highly useful for me right now.
He’s called it “Philosophy for Kossacks.” [...]

Many liberals have their own class issues. This is a post about them, perhaps somewhat disjointed due to its being cobbled together from lots of bits & pieces I’ve jotted here and there recently as these thoughts buzz around my skull. I hope I’ve synthesized something useful here.
It’s related to some of what [...]

We need national healthcare.
No healthcare system is perfect. [It's not] that the French or the Japanese or the Swedes have discovered healthcare nirvana, only that, overall, their systems produce outcomes as good or better than ours at a lower cost.
Our system is bad and could be much better and cheaper if we replaced it with [...]

I admit, I do like Colbert’s address to the White House Correspondents Dinner this weekend. (Available as video: part 1 and part 2; part 3 isn’t as good, containing a too-long pre-recorded sketch.)
…and the President’s thoughts during it are pretty enlightening.
But neither are as heavily significant as the ultimate showdown for ultimate destiny
And finally, this [...]

I am gladdened by the news that striking service workers at the University of Miami won a small victory by finally reaching an agreement with Unicco Service Company to form a union via card check.
The thing is, in any government-supported marketplace (and let’s face it, there’s no other kind of functional marketplace) there are two [...]