Rich Broderick: Pope Francis should ask himself, what would Jesus say and do — what would the new Pope say and do if he were to act upon Church teachings — in response to Paul Ryan’s mendaciously entitled “Pathway to Prosperity” budget proposal?
About Rich Broderick
Rich Broderick is co-founder of The Twin Cities Media Alliance and the Twin Cities Daily Planet. An award-winning journalist whose articles and commentary have appeared in The Journal of Law & Politics, Minnesota Monthly, City Pages, and many other periodicals, he teaches English and Journalism at Anoka Ramsey Community College.
Broderick can be reached at [email protected] Visit his Daily Planet blog for more of his musings on Minnesota and national politics.
Our Very Own Settler Problem: America’s Culture of Gun Deaths
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Rick Broderick: The pro-life people are correct when they say there is a culture of death in this country; they are wrong in thinking that the locus of this culture is Planned Parenthood. It is a culture of death that prevails on Wall Street, K-Street, Hollywood, and our ever expanding Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex.
Bain Capital Meets Frankenstorm: It’s An Ill Wind That Blows No Good
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Rich Broderick: In the wake of megastorm Sandy, Bain Capital, which was co-founded by Mitt Romney and where he served as CEO until he resigned in 1999 but didn’t actually resign until 2002 when he really meant it, is planning to make a leveraged buyout of the entire Northeast.
Etch-a-Sketch Mitt: Romney Campaign Faces Possible Lawsuit
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Rick Broderick: In the case of Mitt Romney, we believe that the candidate has gone a bridge too far in appropriating the Bob Dobbs personality and stylistic attributes,
Romney and Ryan Set Big Date
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Rich Broderick: Romney explained the unexpected turn of events by saying, “I guess the right guy just never asked me before.” Ryan pumped his fist up and down while Romney squirmed visibly, a nervous but pleased expression on his face.
Blood and Soil: The Price of Zionism
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Well, another Israeli “war” on the Palestinians, another shelling of UN facilities where refugees fled to escape massacre, another round of brazen excuses, another Palestinian government building reduced to rubble, another round of craven U.S. politicians falling all over each other in their rush to defend Israel’s boundless “right to exist” – a right that [...]
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Batting Third: In Support of Independent Political Parties
Rich Broderick: Suffice it to say that I must politely reject suggestions from my liberal friends that not voting for Obama is tantamount to voting for the Apocalypse.