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On Wednesday, October 5, labor unions joined the Occupy Wall Street protesters, bringing thousands of additional protesters to New York’s Foley Square for a rally and march to Zuccotti Park where the occupiers have set up their camp, helping to galvanize what appears to be a growing national movement for economic justice.
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Happy Columbus Day everyone, here’s my Top 5 for October 10, 2011 from Len Berman at www.ThatsSports.com.
1. Quick Hits
The last place Philadelphia “Dream Team” Eagles are now a nifty 1-4 after losing to 4-1 Buffalo 31-24.
Milwaukee beat St. Louis 9-6 to win the first game of the National League Championship Series.
Today’s schedule. Game 2 ALCS Detroit at Texas (The Rangers lead 1-0) 4:19pm

Let’s face it. The Republicans seem to have pulled off a coup. The Obama administration does not seem inclined to go after these state laws attempting to rob people of their voting rights.
Something has to be done. But what?
Here is a proposal.
Start

Originally posted at OpEdNews
My guest today is Bert Mount of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Evanston. Welcome to OpEdNews, Bert. Your church has been involved in an ongoing project that helps Third World through crafts. Would you care to tell our readers about it?
I have been attending the evening quilting sessions at our church for almost two

With over two million men and women having served in our armed forces since 9/11, there is no shortage of support for our troops, but what about the families they leave behind?
The spouses of service members are often left to pick up the work that is normally handled by both parents, and oftentimes it puts a huge burden on them, both financially and emotionally, in addition to the stress of knowing their loved one is serving overseas in harm’s way. In addition, many spouses have had to give up their own career aspirations and job seniority to keep the family together as they move from duty station to duty station.
The unemployment rate for the military spouse community is a mind-blowing 26 percent, which is more than double the national average. There is also a wage gap of about 25 percent between military spouses and their civilian counterparts. The Department of Defense estimates that there are about 1.2 million military spouses, of which an estimated 85 percent would like to

This past Sunday night I conducted a conversation between Eric Cantor, the House Majority Leader and highest-ranking Jewish elected official in American history, and Birthright Israel co-founder and Jewish mega-philanthropist Michael Steinhardt on how universal Jewish values can be used to renew America. It was a spirited and comprehensive discussion that elicited from two of the most powerful and influential Jews in the world their views on the state of America, Israel, and the Jewish people and their belief that a heightened Jewish voice in global affairs could bring healing to a fractured world.
Michael was founding chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council that was instrumental in the elevation of Bill Clinton to national prominence and indeed, it was once a given that nearly all Jews would vote Democrat. But times are changing as American Jewry witnesses the unshakable commitment of leaders like Eric on Israel versus President Obama’s much more tenuous record.
To be sure, the President deserves high marks for enhancing America’s military cooperation with Israel and especially his rejection of unilateral Palestinian statehood at the UN. Those who say that Obama is anti-Israel malign him against the facts and those who say he is anti-Semitic are guilty of character

It used to be that spam was something that clogged our inboxes. And email was just part of how we lived our lives. But as the web has gone from the edge of our world to the electronic center of how we live, spammers have taken up new evil ways clog not just our inboxes, but our lives.
Facebook spam is the most uncomfortable, because it forces you to rack your brain to make sure you don’t know anyone named Burt Smith. Of course, your first reaction is almost always right – but unlike the Nigerian prince who wants to send you his fortune after you wires him a hundred dollars, Facebook spam makes you have to

The rich, crisp air of the perfect fall day lays a coat of serenity over any beginning-of-school stress. Fall is apple picking. It is red leaves and cherry pie, Thanksgiving morning and wearing a vest, new school supplies and pumpkin-flavored drinks. It is a new

On Saturday night I attended the exhibit No Comment, held in what used to be the offices of JP Morgan, located on Wall Street. For blocks around, the police had barricaded the sidewalks, and so getting there was a roundabout effort. Perhaps for this reason there was not a crowd, maybe only a few more than a dozen hanging around outside the door; one of which was a woman having her body painted from head to toe — inside I later saw her posing her body on a sphere, not far from a fellow making giant soap bubbles.
My self-assigned job was to take a picture of one thing

As most Americans know by now the new law that limits the amount the big Wall Street banks can gouge merchants (and ultimately their customers) every time they receive payment from a debt card, went into effect October first.
Up until then the banks were charging merchants an average of $.44 per transaction – almost four times their average $.12 cost.
The new law, sponsored and passed by Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin despite vicious pressure from the banks, gave the Federal Reserve the power to set a “swipe fee” that would allow banks to cover their costs and receive a “reasonable” profit. The Fed ultimately decided — over consumer group objections – that a 100% profit was “reasonable” and allowed big banks to charge an average of $.24 per card swipe.
A hundred percent profit on revenue would be considered a pretty sweet deal by most small businesses, but it wasn’t enough for some of the big banks – most notably Bank of America. B of A decided that to offset its lost ability to siphon money out of middle class pockets by way of merchant fees, they would be more

On October 17, 2004, the New York Times published a controversial article by Ron Suskind in which he quoted an aide to President George W. Bush (later identified as Karl Rove) as follows:
A continuing stream of nonsensical embarrassments from the faith-based community has proven that, just like explosive diarrhea, reality can be pretty messy. Or, at the very least, inconvenient. Bill Maher sums it up nicely in the following video clip:
Two small San Francisco theatre companies recently staged new works whose characters struggle to cope with parallel universes that defy

With a simple signature, California Governor Jerry Brown has struck a blow for populism in the ballot initiative process by signing a new law to clarify that all ballot initiatives be voted on in November, when twice the number of voters show up, rather than in primary elections.
This week Californians celebrate the 100th birthday of our ballot initiative, referendum and recall process, which was given to us by populist Governor Hiram Johnson. Direct democracy was a vital transfer of power to an electorate subjected to the will of railroad barons. Yet there’s no question big corporations and the richest .0001 percent of Americans have often hijacked the process for their own purposes. Jerry Brown’s gift to the other 99.999% of us will help even the score.
Brown’s signature on a new law will ensure that ballot initiatives have to withstand the scrutiny of an electorate that is most reflective of

Last week I posted an article listing the five most annoying lies about women over 50 (there are lots more, but who’s counting?).
Just about everyone who commented agreed with me, and many added a few more infuriating fibs to the mix. But the one simple sentence that resonated the most with readers, and generated a multitude of “pick-ups” by other bloggers is this:
Turning 50 is more than an age . . . it’s a movement.
According to merriam-webster.com, the definition of movement — among other things — is a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal. Some of the synonyms include motion, shift, stir, migrate, relocate, cause, crusade, drive, and push.
All these words are action-oriented and forward-thinking which is what we need to be and do if we’re to bring about a societal sea change about how America looks at — and talks about — aging.
But if words are not put into a context, their deeper meaning can be lost. Movement? What does this word signify, really, to those of us who are over 50? March in a protest? Shift to a new political party? Migrate to Florida?
The word movement is rich in significance and relevance, with a very strong attribute: the power to turn thought into action on many different levels.
In addition to being an economic, social, and political powerhouse, post-50 Americans are teeming with justified frustration . . . just waiting to be turned into positive action. All we need to do is band together, declare our intention, and put a name to that which will propel us forward: movement.
Being part of the post-50 group is all about moving forward, or moving out, or moving on. It’s about change — both good and bad, planned and unplanned — which creates a wealth of new opportunities: children leave home; couples reinvent their relationship or seek new ones; careers are reinvented. If we recognize, early on, that entering our 50s is all about change, we’ll be much better prepared to tackle anything that comes our way.
Here are a few thoughts on why “Turning 50 is more than an age . . . it’s a movement” could very well be our post-50 mantra:
Move your body
A big concern for post-50 America is the fear of not having enough money to live on as we age. One way to help the cause is to keep healthy for as long as we can. If we don’t succumb to disease that is more common as we get older — such as heart disease, cancers, diabetes — the better our chances for staying active, productive and employed the older we get. The biggest drain on finances is poor health, which is often caused by obesity. Move your body every day — walk purposefully for 60 minutes (maybe add a little running into it), and do strength training exercises.
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Have you ever worked your butt off to get something and then wound up disappointed when it finally showed up? Most of us have experienced this kind of disappointment over and over again, and yet we keep falling for the same illusion — that satisfaction and fulfillment are just around the corner, in some greener pasture, or in the next cool thing.
With enough disillusionment, you may find yourself confused about which way to turn. Have you ever found yourself in an argument — with your own self — about which way to go next? The challenge is common, something we all seem to face — one part of us wants to go one way while another thinks quite differently. In these trying times, the confusion and inner battles over which way to turn can be ever present and ever more

Like many people over the past several days I was saddened by the untimely death of Steve Jobs, but inspired by the story of his amazing, if too brief, life. Jobs imagined technology as a force to make human lives better. He took technology invented by others and through his genius as a manager and designer, translated those technologies intro transformative commercial products.
Part of what made his vision transformative was that he helped address fears of new technology and brought it from strange geek-dom to cutting edge and even sublime fashion. Apple products made technology accessible by bringing it into the

The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing reliable information about paranormal claims, and helping members of the public protect themselves against ‘psychic’ and pseudo-scientific scams. JREF’s founder James Randi is the world-famous conjuror and escape artist who exposed a number of so-called ‘psychics’ and faith-healers who were using simple magic tricks to convince others they had supernatural abilities, bilking their followers out of money and otherwise inspiring harmful belief.
Most magicians make an honest living from their performances, because their audiences know that what they’re watching is an illusion. The James Randi Educational Foundation decries when dishonest people use the same tricks to lie to people, pretending they can talk to people’s deceased loved-ones, or promising to heal people with the power of a god. That’s why James Randi retired from magic and is devoting the rest of his career to preventing these charlatans from swindling people and endangering their health.
At the JREF, we’ve never seen a self-described ‘psychic’ who could demonstrate an observable ‘psychic’ power without

At age 80, Rupert Murdoch will be long gone in coming decades when the planet is grappling with greatly intensified climate change. The recent spike in world food prices and increasing intensity of famines, heat waves and mega-floods has already increased hunger and death in places like the Horn of Africa, far from Murdoch’s cares. Yet climate calamities are likely to spread and intensify as the planet continues to warm and the hydrological cycle is increasingly perturbed. The Murdoch name, carried by James and the grandchildren, will live on in global infamy for having used corporate propaganda to disguise the truth from the public until too

“In fourteen hundred ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” So starts the grade school rhyme that condensed Christopher Columbus’ first voyage from Europe to the “New World.” Columbus was not the first person to discover the Americas. Native Americans had been in the New World for millennia before Columbus was born. He was not even the first European to land sailing ships here. That distinction belongs to the

In 1914, as the Episcopal Church wrestled with creating a pension system for clergy, Bishop William Lawrence argued that caring for aging ministers was a moral responsibility and essential to the future of the church.
The choice, he said, was often between having clergy hanging on to pastorates rather than depend on charity or providing pensions “which will place the clergy and their dependants in a position of far greater buoyancy, cheer, and dignity; which will enable men of weakening powers to give place to those younger and stronger; which will keep our parishes manned with vigor.”
Today, nearly a century after his article in the Harvard Theological Review, the religious community faces a renewed challenge in a continuing recession to meet the needs of older clergy while making room for younger leaders.
Like their secular counterparts, many clergy who devoted their attention to less temporal matters than financial planning now find themselves amid shrinking church budgets and a poor economy being forced to work beyond traditional retirement ages.
It is an especially critical issue in smaller churches that still do not set aside money for clergy retirement. In a 2008 study of Church of Christ clergy in Texas, just a quarter of respondents said they had plans to fully retire.
But it is also a burden for larger, mainline Protestant denominations. As memberships shrink and many older clergy find it financially untenable to retire, even fewer younger clergy are able to find work.
In the United Methodist Church, the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination, the percentage of elders younger than 35 fell precipitously from 25 percent in 1956 to 5 percent in

Religious freedom (or the lack thereof) in Pakistan cannot be emphasized enough. Due to the preposterous demeanor of Pakistan’s self-righteous right-wing, many in the world today are aware of Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy problem. Much frustration has been expressed on liberal Pakistani blogs and through international media outlets — especially after the heartless murders of Governor Salmaan Taseer and Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti — on the abuse of these laws. Even though nothing is expected to change anytime soon, at least the first vital step toward that goal is being taken: raising awareness.
Unlike the general blasphemy laws, however, the specific anti-Ahmadi Muslim laws of Pakistan have not found even this much of

Starting today, The Huffington Post begins a ten-part series, Beyond the Battlefield — an exploration of the physical and emotional challenges, victories and setbacks that catastrophically wounded soldiers encounter after returning home from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Beyond the Battlefield is the result of several months of reporting and scores of interviews by the HuffPost’s veteran military correspondent, David Wood. It is a deeply-felt, hard-won and wide-ranging exploration of what it means for a soldier to suffer extraordinary, disabling wounds — and how friends, families, and hometowns, as well as the military and medical communities, adjust and respond to the physical and emotional struggles these wounded warriors endure.
Today you’ll meet Tyler Southern, who lost both of his legs and an arm to an IED blast in Afghanistan last year. Southern has gone from nightmares in a hospital bed at Walter Reed to a new marriage, in part because of stunning medical advances that have stretched the boundaries of what it means to rescue and revivify fallen soldiers who once would have been left for dead. Southern also has re-entered the world due to his own stubborn

A little more than a month ago, I became a Bat Mitzvah. In Judaism, that means I am now an adult and have pledged to keep the traditions of my faith. And yet it was for those very reasons that I decided to spend Yom Kippur – the holiest day of the Jewish year – joining the protesters of Occupy L.A. instead of going to synagogue.
No, my parents weren’t thrilled when I first brought up skipping services on this important holiday, but since my Mom marched on Washington for civil rights and against the Vietnam War, I think she at least understood where I was coming

This week in headlines, we heard that Mexico is introducing legislation that will potentially put time frames around marriage with the minimum contract lasting two years.
There are now approximately 26 countries throughout the world that recognize civil unions, domestic partnerships and same sex marriages.
While I see these nuptial changes as positive evolution, I feel that we still have a one-size-fits-all model for partnering in a culture that increasingly celebrates our differences. These newer proposals are simply time-limited and toned-down versions of the same thing with the same expectations.
The elephant in the room (or, should I say at the altar) is the question that has, to my knowledge, never been asked and that is, “Why are people creating these special unions?” My guess is that no one asks “why” because it is assumed that love is the only answer anyone would give — or the only right answer — to that question. Yet, there are many additional unspoken reasons people have for tying the knot.
Let’s examine just the most surface level of demographics (age, socio-economic status, and family size) and see what happens. Do those who marry out of college marry for the same reason as the empty nester divorcees do? Do those who come from meager financial means marry for the same reason the wealthy do? Do those who want to find a good parent for their children marry for the same reason as the couple who accidentally got pregnant does?
In all of the academic and media discussions about marriage and divorce, there has been no distinction between any of these groups or