U.S. Presidential Debate – Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter (1980)

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ thefilmarchive | January 01, 2011 http://thefilmarchived.blogspot.com/ The League of Women Voters, which had sponsored the 1976 Ford/Carter series, announced that it would do so again for the next cycle in the spring of 1979. However, Carter was not eager to participate. He had repeatedly refused to debate Sen. Edward M. Kennedy during the primary [...]

Let’s Hear it for the Gipper – Oh Really? by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH

by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on Buzzflash.com February 6, 2011 On February 3, 2011, three days before the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ronald Reagan, one of the AOL News headlines went: “Why We Still Love the Gipper.”  It led to a lengthy gush by one of the well-known Reagan hagiographers, [...]

His Master’s Voice By William Bowles

By William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info 6 February, 2011 On the 5 February, the New York Times published a piece entitled ‘West Backs Gradual Egyptian Transition‘ that illustrates exactly how the media and the state collude in presenting the imperial line. Effectively, it’s a distillation of the corporate state’s changing public response to [...]

Brother Larry Pinkney on Obama’s Wars, interviewed by Cindy Sheehan

by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox February 6, 2011 (SOAPBOX #86) This Sunday (February 6th), Cindy celebrates February by hosting Larry Pinkney, previously a two time January guest (in 2009 & 2010) – in this month instead.  Brother Larry Pinkney is an editorial board member of Black [...]

Cuban Progress Never Enough in Miami by Jim Ryerson

by Jim Ryerson Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.youtube.com/user/tmanjdrjr (jim [at] travelingman [dot] net) Cuba Connections February 6, 2011 The New York Times has an excellent article on free enterprise taking hold in Cuba http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/world/americas/04cuba.html?ref=americas