Category Archives: Features

Tech Profile- Not everyone spins a wrench: Meet Keith Tucker, cartoonist

When you go to the Riverfront Park Concerts this summer, of course the first place you’ll want to hit is the Tom Dwyer booth.  Along with all the fun of past years we have something new: the chance to meet … Continue reading

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Raising Tomorrow’s Rabble Rousers Today

Summer Camp Empowers Youth Leaders for Social Change OK, so we’re a little socially outspoken here at Tom Dwyer.  One of the big issues that’s repeatedly drawn Tom’s frustration in the past is the apathy that too many people show … Continue reading

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Bernie Sanders’ letter to President Obama

August 2 is coming like a freight train, and we’ll soon find out what our “representatives” will do after they’ve backed themselves into their respective corners.  Bernie Sanders, independent Senator from Vermont and one of the strongest voices for a … Continue reading

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Endless War Act Moves Through Congress

You may be one of the few people who has paid attention to HR1540, the National Defense Authorization Act.  Even if you are, you probably don’t know about Section 1034, which (among other things)confirms that we are at war with … Continue reading

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National Debt Clock

As you’ve probably heard, Dems and Pubs are fighting over whether or not to raise the debt ceiling.  But our debt, deficit, and other factors in our national budget can be a little hard to wrap our heads around.  The … Continue reading

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MediCare For All Is Here At Last!

Yes!  MediCare for all is HERE!  Brought to you by… Senator Max Baucus?  Wait, isn’t that the guy who called for “more police” to arrest the people who attended his hearing to even ask about single payer healthcare?  Don’t worry, … Continue reading

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The Price of nuclear power

(note 5/8/12- Please click here to download our “Repeal Price-Anderson” poster and share it with your friends.) Nothing happens without energy.  From our society’s addiction to fossil fuels to our body’s addiction to food, from our lifestyles to our very … Continue reading

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Consumer Society

I’m Tom Dwyer, When you read the Constitution, you won’t find the words “Taxpayer” or “Consumer” anywhere … but you will find the word “Citizen“. The word “citizen” carries connotations of awareness, participation, and responsibility… without robust citizen involvement; democracy … Continue reading

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Big Lies

I’m Tom Dwyer, Our political discourse has been poisoned by misinformation created without facts and amplified by a complicit media. Sadly lies repeated often enough do work. HEY! Corporate prostitutes… Please…. stop just making this stuff up! Here’s a few … Continue reading

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Fukushima and Price Anderson

I’m Tom Dwyer Anti-nuclear activists Dr. Helen Caldicott and John Bartels recently wrote an open letter to Congress.  Here’s part of it… “Fukushima is the nuclear power catastrophe we have anticipated since Chernobyl.  Repeal the Price-Anderson Act, which throws liability … Continue reading

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