Author Archives: Tom Degan

Tax the poor
By Tom Degan
Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tom Degan

If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes I would have thought it to be a work of darkly twisted, comical fiction. But it wasn’t fiction. In fact it was all-too-real. Continue reading →

Here comes Rick!
By Tom Degan
Posted on August 19, 2011 by Tom Degan

Here are the words of a man in serious denial: “It’s time to believe the promise of our future is better than the best days behind us.”—Rick Perry announcing his candidacy. Continue reading →

Useless. Useless. Useless.
By Tom Degan
Posted on August 4, 2011 by Tom Degan

That is the second time in less than a week that I’ve used that quote. This time I’ve expanded it a bit. Forgive me but it is twice as appropriate today as it was when uttered by Teddy Roosevelt one-hundred and one years ago. The old bugger is calling out to us from across a century and no one is listening. Pity. Continue reading →

Won’t you come home, Jim Crow?

Oh, they wish we were in Dixie!
By Tom Degan
Posted on July 26, 2011 by Tom Degan

Are you an African American? Are you poor? Are you elderly? Do you reside in the city? Are you a young person living in a college town? Are you planning on voting in 2012? You had better start making other plans for Election Day. Continue reading →