Thanks to US Service Members today and every day. Here are some resources to give back and a short video below from the VA. (Click resources from this page, and find even more worthy organizations accepting donations and inviting volunteers.)
See pictures of President Obama’s activities to honor the veterans stationed in Asia and in other far-flung places.
And let’s hope our country can take more steps toward peace very, very soon.
NPR’s “All Things Considered” reports on the feasibility of a far bolder plan to fix the economy: mass refinancing to reset underwater mortgages weighing down homeowners, which could add more stimulus to the beleaguered economy. The two-part story is here and here and below.
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Part 2:
Just in case you were nestled in bed last night with the first edition of George W. Bush’s “Decision Points” and missed the first episode of “Conan” on TBS, here is the link. It remains to be seen which one people will find funnier.
Here is a really cool story about the lengths (and, um, the depths) to which artists will go to create their works (NYT). Click image below for a NYT slideshow.
If you feel generally disconnected from the legislative process, this could be why: You’re not in the room when the laws get written and you never will be. NPR on how corporations shape the laws that govern us.
Keith Olbermann suspends “Worst Person” feature in wake of Jon Stewart’s call for a more civil debate on cable TV. (Baby steps.)
David Carr feels Stewart let Congress off the hook by implying that the media is mostly responsible for political polarization. (Agreed.)
Raw Story reviews crowd estimates and Metro sets a record for Saturday ridership. (I attended Restore Honor, One Nation, and Sanity rallies, and Stewart’s felt, by far, the biggest. None of these events, however, came even remotely close the number of people who attended Barack Obama’s inauguration, which I also attended.)
The Post has more on the topic of rally crowd estimates and a picture gallery.
National Public Radio has a piece on a little-known aspect of Arizona’s tough immigration law: it may have been driven by private prison economics. Is that sane? Below or here.
This guy may or may not be sane, but he’s definitely calm.
