Category Archives: Newsletter

Daily Call (3/1/12) It was one year ago today that the first edition of The Daily Call went out to a small group of folks in my email address book. On that day the big news was the uproar over … Continue reading →

“Any teaching of peace prior to [Christ's] return is heresy.” - Televangelist James Robinson. By Chris Hedges The Christian Left (10/30/11) (Editor’s Note: I could not find the exact date of the first publication of this essay, but it was clearly … Continue reading →

Al Jazeera (2/29/12) Barack Obama, the US president, has announced measures that would allow civilian investigators to handle cases of terror suspects. The new steps are seen as a means of sidestepping the 2011 law that requires terrorism suspects to be … Continue reading →

By Jim Hightower Creators.com (2/29/12) For Rep. Allen West, the skyrocketing price of gasoline is not just a policy matter, it’s a personal pocketbook issue. The Florida tea-party Republican (who, of course, blames President Obama for the increase) recently posted … Continue reading →

By Sen. Bernie Sanders CNN.com (2/29/12) Gas prices approaching $4 a gallon on average are causing severe economic pain for millions of Americans. Pump prices spiked 5% in the past month alone. Crude oil prices stood at $108 on Friday, … Continue reading →

On Point Radio (2/28/12) Between global warming and gas prices and melting ice caps and the Mayan calendar of apocalypse, it’s awfully easy to slide into a funk on the future these days.  Peter Diamandis says cut it out. The … Continue reading →

Fresh Air WHYY (2/27/12) HIV is a slow-moving time bomb. Unlike Ebola, which infects and kills people quickly — and then disappears just as quickly — the HIV epidemic has become so good at killing people in part because it … Continue reading →

The Onion (2/14/12) WASHINGTON—Claiming something “just seemed off” with the combination of candidates currently seeking the Republican Party’s nomination for president, voters asked Tuesday if they could see once more what the GOP field would look like with Jon Huntsman … Continue reading →

By Mark L. Taylor Daily Call (2/29/12) If there’s one thing you can count on take to the bank as 100% genuine, real and to be trusted is that right wing, born-again Republican pope-in-chief and presidential contender Rick Santorum has … Continue reading →

By Karen Vieth Forward Seeking (2/27/12) Wisconsin Republicans and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have done it again. They have produced legislation that turns back the clock on human rights, only this time they have gone after an unthinkable … Continue reading →

The Capital Times (2/28/12) Gov. Scott Walker is raising campaign money at a rate that is absolutely unprecedented in Wisconsin history. His recall election campaign will have more money than any gubernatorial campaign in American history. But that’s not enough … Continue reading →

By E.J. Dionne The Washington Post (2/26/12) If the election were held right now, President Obama would likely win by about the same margin that propelled him into office in 2008. But how fragile are his current advantages? The biggest … Continue reading →

By RT.com (2/29/12) (Editor’s Note: If anyone still waltzes under the delusion that we still have a vibrant democracy check out this legislation that made it through the House of Representatives. As we lecture Egypt and Syria (but not Israel) … Continue reading →

By Mark L. Taylor Daily Call (2/29/12) There’s quite a lengthy piece by William Finnegan, entitled “The Storm: Did a Governor’s Anti-union  Crusade Backfire?” in the March 5 New Yorker recapping Gov. Scott Walker’s disastrous year of upending the state’s … Continue reading →

Al Jazeera (2/27/12) US private intelligence firm Stratfor has denounced the publication of stolen emails by WikiLeaks and said it would not comment on the content of the messages. WikiLeaks began publishing on Monday more than five million emails that … Continue reading →