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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs: March 2013
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs. Thursday, March 28, 2013. A Recipe for Rest While Congress Is On Recess. I've been enjoying Congress'es recess. There has been a lull in newspaper articles about Congresspeople arguing and maligning each other. The news stations have been a tad quieter, too. It’s time for us all to take a collective deep breath. Oops! Did I use the word collective? Should local charities feed hungry people, or does government have a role? Happy Recess, Congress. I think I nee...
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs: June 2013
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs. Thursday, June 20, 2013. TIME TRAVEL IN MY OWN BACKYARD. The Amish Acres brochure was so enticing. “Escape to Amish Acres in Nappanee, Indiana and share the heritage of these intriguing people in quiet celebration. Time stopped over a century ago and preserves in the Amish a way of life nearly forgotten in today’s fast paced world…”. I was intrigued. How do people survive in 2013 without electricity, cars, a high school education? 8221; I asked her. So yes, even ...
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs: December 2013
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs. Thursday, December 5, 2013. Buying For the Good of America. On Black Friday, watching the Today Show. In our hotel room, we viewed people wrestling each other to the ground for the chance to get a bargain. My husband and I, smug in our lack of participation in this frenzy, watched the images in disbelief. But are these alpha shoppers the real Patriots? According to Robert Reich’s documentary, Inequality for All,. I watched Inequality for All. Links to this post.
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs: May 2013
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs. Thursday, May 30, 2013. HOW TO END POVERTY IN 90 MINUTES. With 199 People You May or May Not Know] was the title of a performance staged by the theatre department at Northwestern University. We saw it Saturday on its last weekend. Although the performance didn’t produce a panacea for ending poverty, it provided much to ponder. Can poverty ever be ended? Links to this post. Thursday, May 23, 2013. A Favorite Yearly Respite from Bad News. The Greeks participated in...
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs: Fifty Years After Birmingham Sunday, Where Are We?
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs. Tuesday, September 17, 2013. Fifty Years After Birmingham Sunday, Where Are We? A day after the 50. Anniversary of Birmingham Sunday, an article in the September 16. Issue of the New York Times. 8220;Trading Privilege for Privation, Family Hits a Nation’s Nerve”). It reminded me of two books written in the United States. One was Black Like Me. By John Howard Griffin, a memoir from the early 1960’s about his experience becoming black temporarily with the use...
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs: Will This Shutdown Stay Unbroken?
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs. Tuesday, October 8, 2013. Will This Shutdown Stay Unbroken? I certainly hope not. My memories of working for the New York City Department of Social Services in the 1970’s may provide some clues. As an investigator in Spanish Harlem, I’d knock on recipients’ doors. “I’m from the New York City Department of Social Services, Bureau of Public Assistance.” (‘Welfare Dept’, we were told, had negative connotations). 8220;I’m from the Welfare Department.”. Little did it ...
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs: Buying For the Good of America
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs. Thursday, December 5, 2013. Buying For the Good of America. On Black Friday, watching the Today Show. In our hotel room, we viewed people wrestling each other to the ground for the chance to get a bargain. My husband and I, smug in our lack of participation in this frenzy, watched the images in disbelief. But are these alpha shoppers the real Patriots? According to Robert Reich’s documentary, Inequality for All,. I watched Inequality for All. Tastes Just Like a B...
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs: Back At the Walnut Room
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs. Thursday, November 21, 2013. Back At the Walnut Room. I’m on the El on my way to my semi-annual micro-vacation at the Walnut Room. Why is the train going so slowly today? Although it’s before Thanksgiving, the Christmas tree is decorated and all the other seasonal decorations are on display. As we bite into our salads, the fairy godmother stops at our table. “Do you beautiful ladies want to make a wish? The success of the Affordable Health Care website? There are...
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs: November 2013
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Recipes For A Better World by Lisa Sachs. Thursday, November 21, 2013. Back At the Walnut Room. I’m on the El on my way to my semi-annual micro-vacation at the Walnut Room. Why is the train going so slowly today? Although it’s before Thanksgiving, the Christmas tree is decorated and all the other seasonal decorations are on display. As we bite into our salads, the fairy godmother stops at our table. “Do you beautiful ladies want to make a wish? The success of the Affordable Health Care website? There are...