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Tag Archives: Bill Moyers
ON THIS DAY: June 5, 2020
June 5th is Festival of Popular Delusions Day * Hot Air Balloon Day * National Ketchup Day Veggie Burger Day World Environment Day * __________________________________ MORE! Alifa Rifaat, Bill Moyers and Lois Browne-Evans, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alifa Rifaat, Bill Moyers, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Federico García Lorca, Lois Browne-Evans, Louis Brandeis, Orapin Chaiyakan
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ON THIS DAY: June 5, 2019
June 5th is Festival of Popular Delusions Day * Hot Air Balloon Day * National Ketchup Day Veggie Burger Day World Environment Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Alifa Rifaat, Bill Moyers and Lois Browne-Evans, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Adam Smith, Alifa Rifaat, Bill Moyers, Dame Lois Browne-Evans, Federico García Lorca, Orapin Chaiyakan, Spalding Gray
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A Poem for the New and Ancient Math
“It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – Sonya Kovalevsky “Naomi Shihab Nye is an American, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged A Poem for the New and Ancient Math, Before I was a Gazan, Bill Moyers, Middle East, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sonya Kovalevsky, The Gaza Strip
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ON THIS DAY: June 5, 2018
June 5th is Festival of Popular Delusions Day * Hot Air Balloon Day * National Ketchup Day Veggie Burger Day World Environment Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Adam Smith, Orapin Chaiyakan and James Taylor, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Bill Moyers, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Federico García Lorca, James Taylor, Margaret Drabble, Miriam Folline Squiers Leslie, Orapin Chaiyakan
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Readings – Moyers & Company: Trump, His Virus and the Dark Age of Unreason
~ Readings features content from elsewhere. ~ No question, Donald Trump must not prevail in his bid for the presidency. In this article, Bill Moyers and Michael Winship trace a particular American virus “feed[ing] on fear, paranoia and bigotry” from Joe … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Readings
Tagged Bill Moyers, Donald Trump, Edward R. Murrow, Have you no sense of decency, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Welch, McCarthyism, Republicans
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“What Matters Today” from BillMoyers.com, June 16, 2016
From BillMoyers.com for June 16, 2016 – Gun Control Measures to Get a Vote in the Senate; Dems Fight Over Corporate Transparency Talking filibuster –> Mr. Smith Goes to Washington-style filibusters are rare these days, but Democrats, led by Connecticut Senator … Continue reading
Posted in What Matters Today from Moyers and Company
Tagged Bill Moyers, BillMoyers.com, Current Events, Morning Reads
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Morning Reads from BillMoyers.com, June 13, 2016 (a little late!)
From BillMoyers.com for June 13, 2016 – Morning Reads: The Preventable Tragedy in Orlando; Billionaires Out to Destroy Press Freedom Orlando –> Sometime just before 2 a.m. Sunday, a man named Omar Mateen entered a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, … Continue reading
Bill Moyers and David Stockman Talk about the Problem of Crony Capitalism and the Folly of Anti-Tax Crusades in the United States
By Elaine Magliaro Back in 2012, David Stockman sat down with Bill Moyers on Moyers & Company and discussed crony capitalism in the United States. The two men talked about “the tight connection between Wall Street and the White House…” … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Moyers, Crony Capitalism, David Stockman, Trickle Down Economics
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