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David P. Kronmiller, Editor-In-Chief
Notes from the Jungle
Matthew Tullman, Current Events Editor
On current events.
Joyce Chen Blogging from New York.
Tharuna Devchand Blogging from South Africa.
J Lampinen
Our resident comic strip, Congo & Steve
Joanna Lord
Blogging on life, art and spirituality.
Jeremy Olsen
Director of Development emeritus and occasional commentator.
Dan Rickabus
On things musical.
Nicky Schildkraut
On poetry.

Plus guest writers and past staff, including Zach Fehst, Amy Reynolds, Aaron Vaccaro, Jae Day, Sarah Jawaid, Scott Martin, and Bronson Picket.
March 23, 2010, at 5:40 pm — Audio | Blogs — / / / / /

Change Is Possible: President Obama Speaks To His Supporters

At 4PM Eastern, 1PM Pacific President Obama thanked his volunteers in a telephone conference call hosted by Organizing for America.

Here is the audio from this fascinating and rather historic conference call:

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March 10, 2010, at 1:57 am — Blogs — / / / / /

Profit or Prophet?

We’re having a lively debate here at the Avocado Jungle on the limits, if any, to profit. Is it okay to profit off of the poor and sick? Is there a need to regulate such ideas? Are there things we should just do for one another so that everyone benefits equally?

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February 25, 2010, at 7:15 pm — Blogs — / / / / / / / / / / / / /

THE TRUTH AMENDMENT

Too often our elected officials use their official positions to spin, stretch and sometimes out right lie about any given issue that may be in debate in government. On CNN’s iReport today I proposed the idea of a Truth Amendment to the Constitution that would require any and all elected officials to swear to tell the truth in the same manner anyone in a court of law may be required.

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February 17, 2010, at 5:15 pm — Blogs — / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Corporations and Government Can Be Your Friends Too

As a child the reading material I was forced to read in U.S. schools made me tilt my head to the side and scratch my cranium. 1984, I Am The Cheese, Alas Babylon, A Brave New World, The Metamorphosis, Crime and Punishment – all great novels but all damn depressing. So I turned to movies to find comfort and was again subjected to adrenaline pumping paranoia with the likes of Red Dawn, Wall Street, The Rescue, Flight of the Navigator, even E.T. for pete’s sake! All these films and books had something in common – government is bad, corporations are bad. Which left me wondering who the hell do you trust?

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December 23, 2009, at 2:43 pm — Blogs — /

THE FATE OF A MERGED BILL: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN THE HEALTH CARE VOTE

I couldn’t find the answers. I kept looking and looking but I could not find a definitive answer one way or the other. And my question was as simple as the Tootsie Roll question – you know how many licks… …but my question involved how many votes. How many votes are needed to pass the [...]

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