Someone, I hope to hell, is voting against fracking in NY and PA. I'm trying something different on the blog today, an aggregate of Appalachian/rural interest links. I hope at least some of them are edifying. I hope too that people will send stories and poems and essays my way. Haven't had many submissions lately. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Or eyes… But I really need to know now: is Pennsylvania like West Virginia or Alabama or Kentucky? It will make such a difference in my life, I can't tell you. Pffffttttt. But here's the quotation, from… no one, I guess, gauging from the article,which has no byline. Carville maybe? What makes the Democrats' predicament […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Betty Lettenberger/NPR Link gakked from AppyLove, story from NPR. Think about this story for a moment. Or two. We need new, better, options for health care, and we need them yesterday. And that's probably as political a post as I'll ever consciously make. It was a Third World scene with an American setting. Hundreds of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gakked from Jim Tomlinson on Facebook. Let's hope President Obama notices. The longstanding disgrace of mountaintop mining is now squarely in President Obama’s hands. A recent court decision has given the green light to as many as 90 mountaintop mining projects in Appalachia’s coal-rich hills, which in turn could destroy more than 200 miles of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(or anywhere else, really). CHARLESTON — The portion of Appalachian states living in poverty last year increased by 114,000 people to 13.3 million, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday. But it's all going swimmingly, isn't it? That's what the man tells us, and that's what we know. Unless, of course, you pay attention. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator (magazine) Issue 0
GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator (magazine) Issue 1
