http://swans.com/ Swans Commentary Swans Commentary - As always, please form your OWN opinion, and let your friends (and foes) know about Swans. en Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:55:11 GMT 012345678911121314151617181920212223 1 daily 1970-01-01T10:00+00:00 1440 sburke@cpan.org http://interglacial.com/d/about_rss/1day#_yes_this_means_YOU http://interglacial.com/rss/swans.rss http://interglacial.com/rss/swans.pl swanscomm Health Care Profits Of Doom http://swans.com/library/art15/jeb209.html Health Care Profits Of Doom  ·  by Jan Baughman  ·  It's time that We the People weigh in on health care reform and demand a national health care program before those who profit from our illness slam the door on it once again. Blips #87 http://swans.com/library/art15/desk087.html Blips #87  ·  by Gilles d'Aymery  ·  A bipartisan health care report landed on the Editor's desk, complete with everything from principled (empty) rhetoric and deception to compromise and hypocrisy -- everything but what the majority of the American people want, which is a public health option. Murder From Above http://swans.com/library/art15/murie73.html Murder From Above  ·  by Martin Murie  ·  Various voices on war: We must master the art of the politically impossible to end war. In the words of Tiziano Terzani, 'a society gains much more strength by its moral resolution than it does by acquiring new weapons.' Buying The Environment To Save Capitalism http://swans.com/library/art15/barker23.html Buying The Environment To Save Capitalism  ·  by Michael Barker  ·  A critique of John Burton's neoliberal environmental group, the World Land Trust. Gender Bent And Bleeding http://swans.com/library/art15/pbyrne102.html Gender Bent And Bleeding  ·  by Peter Byrne  ·  A review of Moris Farhi's latest mythic novel, A Designated Man. Sonnet For Seniors http://swans.com/library/art15/cmarow141.html Sonnet For Seniors  ·  by Charles Marowitz  ·  Shakespearean scholar and playwright Charles Marowitz pens a sonnet for the seniors, with all their aches and pains to compare and contrast. Douce France, doux pays de mon enfance... http://swans.com/library/art15/marier33.html Douce France, doux pays de mon enfance...  ·  Marie Rennard  ·  La France clame depuis des siècles son attachement aux humanismes et aux droits de l'homme. Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, mais dans les faits, comment sont respectées ces valeurs fondamentales ? Douce France http://swans.com/library/art15/xxx134.html Douce France  ·  Charles Trenet (En français and in English)  ·  Douce France, par Charles Trenet; in French and in English. La maison du ruisseau http://swans.com/library/art15/gambie01.html La maison du ruisseau  ·  Marie-Laetitia Gambié  ·  Il est des endroits secrets abrités du regard du monde, des cachettes où l'on n'accède qu'avec le coeur. Jour d'élection http://swans.com/library/art15/salie04.html Jour d'élection  ·  Simone Alié-Daram  ·  Ambiance de journée électorale au printemps. Paradox http://swans.com/library/art15/gmonte70.html Paradox  ·  by Guido Monte Picture by the author  ·  Guido Monte dreams a little haiku between Rimbaud and Eliot, about the paradox of our life. Letters http://swans.com/library/art15/letter168.html Letters  ·  Some thoughts on Graham Lea's French bread essay and a defense of bread-making machines, some additional facts in support of Gilles d'Aymery's article on the American sick-care system, a shout-out to Raju Peddada on Rap, and news from Canada on a nuclear first-strike and the influence of the Jewish Lobby.