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The Glorious End To A Glorious Era

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And a throwback from yesteryear and thensome. The interview highlights from over the course of time (though the most recent ones may dominate the majority of them in this deserving thread for him). And this video for last week, his closing commentary on the American Dream, which was touching. The final episode of Bill Moyers Journal, with Bill Moyers, airs tonight on your local PBS station at its regular time. It's a 90 minute finale, taking place in the heartland, a journey to the state of Iowa. But even if this esteemed individual signs off on TV for good, you can sign on of him at his Twitter page . And you never know, for you could sign on with him in person somewhere, at someplace, at sometime.

The Rationalist Of The Week......Danny Glover

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It was a hard decision to make , but I was swayed into choosing Danny Glover over Alan Grayson and Bernie Sanders as the inaugural winner for the Rationalist of the Week Award. While these esteemed public officials show why they are amongst the few political figures you can trust in Washington, that is what these gentlemen are suppose to do. And it's behavior that you expect from the likes of Sanders and Grayson. However, what Danny Glover has done for the American worker just has not received the attention it has deserved. Glover's altruism at fighting Hugh Boss for potentially outsourcing their jobs away from Cleveland to Eastern Europe is a testament of a celebrity using his fame for good when he surely didn't have to. Let's hope Glover's fight, along with the SEIU, for those Cleveland workers given a letter of losing their jobs in April by Hugo Boss is successful. It is a stance that needed to be taken. And it is made all the more visible thanks to Glov...