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The Mitty and the McCain

March 28, 2008 By pipi-bendenhaft

But I know Mitt's not the only one.  The oddly- and-recently-again-red-headed Lou Dobbs would love to be on the ticket, any ticket.  Dobbs/McCain, Dobbs/Obama, Dobbs/Clinton, or probably most preferably: Dobbs/Dobbs. The Tale of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008-presidential-campaign, democrat, lou-dobbs, mitt-romney, random, republican, vice-president

My Lai, March 16, 1968

March 17, 2008 By pipi-bendenhaft

Here's a link to a Boston Globe article on the 40th anniversary of the My Lai massacre of 500 unarmed Vietnamese civilians by US troops led by Lt William Calley & Captain Ernest Medina on March 16, 1968. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: lawrence-colburn, my-lai, vietnam

Pipi’s Mom

March 12, 2008 By pipi-bendenhaft

A (633 patients) 2002 Johns Hopkins study supported by the National Institute on Aging, (http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/2002/July/020709.htm , excerpts in italics) estimates that up to 32% of older women are anemic. Anemia...has been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: anemia, geriatric, public-heath-issue

Supreme Court Rules on Admissability of Evidence of Bias in Corporate Culture, Discrimination Suits

February 27, 2008 By pipi-bendenhaft

The Supreme Court ruled that courts may, on a case-by-case basis, consider allegations of discrimination by co-workers, offered as plantiff's evidence of biased corporate culture. (Sprint v Mendelsohn 06-1221) While the case reviewed was an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bias, clarence-thomas, corporate-culture, employment-discrimination, supreme-court

Hawaii Caucus Final Results

February 20, 2008 By pipi-bendenhaft

2004 caucus:  Approx 4,000 total votes 2008 caucus:  Approx 37,000 total votes Local Democratic Party officials had predicted and prepared for a 300% increase in participation to 17,000, not the 37,000 who actually showed up. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, caucus, clinton, hawaii, obama, results, turnout

How we choose…

February 6, 2008 By pipi-bendenhaft

In my opinion, however, it appears that Barack Obama has  resolved his struggle around his identity as a bi-racial black person in a white world (In his self-reflective book "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance") in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, hillary-clinton, privilege, racism, sexism

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