Gouging for Drugs
The horror stories are rampant, people whose very lives depend upon the prescription drugs they must take being gouged by the...
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Lean to the Left provides liberal political commentary about important developments involving Republicans and Democrats in power, and supports efforts to resist those who would subvert democracy and impede freedom of the press. We also present the Lean to the Left podcast and videos, with newsmaker interviews and progressive commentary.
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Bob Gatty
Nov 28, 20172 min read
The Fake News Trophy Winner!
This morning President Trump sent out a tweet calling for a contest to see which news outlet should receive his Fake News Trophy. It came...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 26, 20172 min read
Kids at Risk
While the Republicans who control Congress are obsessed with shoving a fake tax cut bill down our throats, millions of low income...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 24, 20172 min read
Dogs Saving Warriors
This commentary talks about a wonderful program that you can support if you believe our servicemen and servicewomen should receive all...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 23, 20172 min read
Turkey Day? Nope.
It's Thanksgiving and Jackie's made a couple of pumpkin pies today, and soon we'll be digging into her patented sauce with baseball-sized...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 21, 20172 min read
Driverless Uber Rides, Driverless Trucks?
What if you ordered a Uber car and when it arrived there was no driver? Would you get in? Apparently the folks at Uber do because they're...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 20, 20172 min read
Cheaper Booze?
The tax code overhaul currently being considered by the U.S. Senate includes a $4.2 billion tax break for alcohol producers, especially...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 19, 20173 min read
Time to Listen
BY A GUEST BLOGGER -- I am a proud bleeding heart liberal. Tree hugging, bleeding heart liberal has always meant to me that I care. I...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 18, 20172 min read
Me of Little Faith
BY A GuEST BLOGGER — Until now, I've always felt spirituality, that there might or should be a higher power, even though there was no...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 18, 20172 min read
A Towering MVP
Jose Altuve, at 5'6" is a monster, and in my second life, I want to be him. The American League's Most Valuable Player never quits. He is...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 16, 20172 min read
Another Fox in the Chicken Coop
President Trump's nominee for the top environmental position within the White House says the impact of human activity on climate change...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 14, 20172 min read
The Robots are Coming
Driverless cars and trucks and robots doing jobs now done by humans -- that's the future, the experts predict, as we all demand things...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 14, 20172 min read
Healing Horses
Nestled in the countryside not far from Myrtle Beach, SC is a quiet horse farm whose purpose is to encourage hope and healing through...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 14, 20172 min read
Will Veterans Get Screwed?
House Republican leaders have pulled from this week's calendar a bill to extend a program to help veterans just as they are trying to...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 11, 20172 min read
'Homeless Vet. Hungry. Please Help.'
Last fall, on a cold, blustery day, on the way out of Camden Yards at Oriole Park in Baltimore, there was a homeless man with a sign....
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Bob Gatty
Nov 10, 20171 min read
'Sick of Him.'
A woman in Pittsburgh, PA has been charged with murdering her boy friend, turning his body into a bloody sieve with a knife. She said she...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 9, 20172 min read
8 Food Myths to Consider
I found this piece from My Fitness Pal, an online ap that I don't use frequently enough, to be interesting and I thought I'd pass it...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 8, 20172 min read
Reflecting on Roses
I received a tweet the other day from a young woman whom I hired many years ago to serve as my executive assistant at a national trade...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 7, 20173 min read
Robin Hood in Reverse
UPDATE: The Union-Brookings Tax Policy Center announced this afternoon that it had discovered a computational error in the report on...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 4, 20172 min read
Climate Change, Rick Perry, and How Coal Can Stop Rape
Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who clunked his way across the Dancing With the Stars stage after dropping out of the GOP presidential...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 2, 20172 min read
Up, Up and Away!
A man and a woman, total strangers, were arrested the other day after passengers on a Delta flight complained that the woman performed...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 2, 20172 min read
Fools Gold?
This just in from CTV News in Canada! The Royal Canadian Mint is reassuring investors that its bullion is pure after a mint-stamped gold...
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Bob Gatty
Nov 1, 20171 min read
Licorice Overdose?
Now that Halloween is over and the ghosts and goblins are home begging to eat some of their trick-or-treating candy haul, here's a word...
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Lean to the Left provides liberal political commentary about important developments involving Republicans and Democrats in power, and supports efforts to resist those who would subvert democracy and impede freedom of the press. We also present the Lean to the Left podcast and videos, with newsmaker interviews and progressive commentary.
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