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Super Tuesday

My polling place is a Boys and Girls Club on 21st Street and 30th Road in Astoria. I last went there a few months ago on election day. Those elections weren’t that interesting—the only offices up for election were state judicial positions. Even though very few people were interested in voting for state judges, I […]

Posted 06 February 2008 † peter § ‡ Comments (1) °

Why not Huckabee?

I am writing this because I promised someone a post on why I think Mike Huckabee would be the worst Republican presidential candidate in a long time. He’s my least favorite Republican candidate for 2008, except for maybe Ron Paul, who I think might be even worse.
There’s one word that summarizes why I think […]

Posted 06 January 2008 † peter § ‡ Comments (2) °

The hoax of the increasing gap between the rich and poor

Best column I’ve read in a while (it’s from the Economist, obviously). Does a good job of explaining why the increasing income disparity between the rich and the poor does not mean the rich are that much better off than the poor.
The new (improved) Gilded Age
Here are some snippets but please go read the entire […]

Posted 03 January 2008 † peter § Business/Economics ‡ Comments (0) °

Religion and the politics of poverty

I’m increasingly disturbed by the increasing number of pastors who believe they feel like they need to add their voice to the political conversations of the day. Why? Because pastors are trained to be teachers and ministers of the Gospel, not to be public policy experts. Yes, the Bible has a lot to say about […]

Posted 30 December 2007 † peter § Faith ‡ Comments (1) °

What? Peter supporting Democrats?

There’s currently a tax bill making its way through Congress that is primarily supported by Democrats. It would increase the bar at which the Alternative Minimum Tax would have to be paid, so that people in the middle class would not be stuck with a tax bill meant for rich people. In order to pay […]

Posted 10 November 2007 † peter § ‡ Comments (1) °