Comments for Madeleine Kunin http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin Just another The Chelsea Green Weblogs weblog Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on The Re-Education of America Will Be No Picnic by Madeleine M. Kunin: Re-Educating America Will Be No Picnic | BlackNewsTribune.com http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/2009/03/16/the-re-education-of-america-will-be-no-picnic/#comment-173 Madeleine M. Kunin: Re-Educating America Will Be No Picnic | BlackNewsTribune.com Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:10:46 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/?p=30#comment-173 [...] This was originally posted at Chelsea Green. [...] [...] This was originally posted at Chelsea Green. [...]

]]> Comment on Obama: A Young Man in a Hurry by Red Icculus http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/2009/03/10/obama-a-young-man-in-a-hurry/#comment-163 Red Icculus Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:16:43 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/?p=29#comment-163 Kenesian economics failed for FDR and extended the Depression 7 years according to a UCLA study. History is bound to repeat itself with Obama's anti-capital agenda. Those in the stock market know it, which is why the stock market tanks every time the 'Bamster or Geitner speaks. Kenesian economics failed for FDR and extended the Depression 7 years according to a UCLA study. History is bound to repeat itself with Obama's anti-capital agenda. Those in the stock market know it, which is why the stock market tanks every time the 'Bamster or Geitner speaks.

]]> Comment on Obama: A Young Man in a Hurry by Patricia McCafferty http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/2009/03/10/obama-a-young-man-in-a-hurry/#comment-155 Patricia McCafferty Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:02:59 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/?p=29#comment-155 Nicely said Ms. Kunin. I couldn't agree with you more. I'm wondering if all the bluster out of Washington (and I'm just 15 miles outside the Capitol) isn't over the fact that SOMETHING at last is getting done. People around here (many who work in the government as civil servants or military folks) say the pace right now in DC is beyond brisk. GREAT! What we asked for from Mr. Obama was to bring his thinking, his youth and his energy to DC. He's accomplished that. Now the rest of the political washington (along with the taking heads & party faithful) need to keep up with the Obama and get to work. Accomplish something. Less talk, more action. We can't afford any more delay (how quickly everyone forgets how we all counted down the days until Bush left office so that we could finally spring into action on the economy). Anyway, I do also hope Let's Americans will stay the course with Mr. Obama long enough for him to turn things around. Nicely said Ms. Kunin. I couldn't agree with you more. I'm wondering if all the bluster out of Washington (and I'm just 15 miles outside the Capitol) isn't over the fact that SOMETHING at last is getting done. People around here (many who work in the government as civil servants or military folks) say the pace right now in DC is beyond brisk. GREAT! What we asked for from Mr. Obama was to bring his thinking, his youth and his energy to DC. He's accomplished that. Now the rest of the political washington (along with the taking heads & party faithful) need to keep up with the Obama and get to work. Accomplish something. Less talk, more action. We can't afford any more delay (how quickly everyone forgets how we all counted down the days until Bush left office so that we could finally spring into action on the economy). Anyway, I do also hope Let's Americans will stay the course with Mr. Obama long enough for him to turn things around.

]]> Comment on Obama: A Young Man in a Hurry by Madeleine M. Kunin: Obama is a Young Man in a Hurry, and Just What We Need | BlackNewsTribune.com http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/2009/03/10/obama-a-young-man-in-a-hurry/#comment-152 Madeleine M. Kunin: Obama is a Young Man in a Hurry, and Just What We Need | BlackNewsTribune.com Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:02:17 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/?p=29#comment-152 [...] This was originally posted at Chelsea Green. [...] [...] This was originally posted at Chelsea Green. [...]

]]> Comment on Two Women Show Real Bipartisanship by Elvis http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/2009/02/17/two-women-and-real-bipartisanship/#comment-107 Elvis Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:07:34 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/?p=27#comment-107 Woohoo! I wish I saw this kind of positive gender-analysis in all the news. : ) Thanks! Woohoo! I wish I saw this kind of positive gender-analysis in all the news. : ) Thanks!

]]> Comment on Pearls, Politics, and the Power of Public Service by Madeleine M. Kunin: Pearls, Politics, and the Power of Public Service | BlackNewsTribune.com http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/2009/01/19/pearls-politics-and-the-power-of-public-service/#comment-60 Madeleine M. Kunin: Pearls, Politics, and the Power of Public Service | BlackNewsTribune.com Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:19:34 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/?p=20#comment-60 [...] This was originally posted at Chelsea Green. [...] [...] This was originally posted at Chelsea Green. [...]

]]> Comment on Equal Pay For Equal Work: The Moment For Women Is Now by jte http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/2009/01/15/equal-pay-for-equal-work-the-moment-for-women-is-now/#comment-59 jte Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:21:47 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/?p=19#comment-59 Madeleine: hear hear! Also, as I understand them, the statistics on the difference in pay for men and women hides something: the main difference in pay, when you account for things like race and education is mostly between men vs. women who have children. Women who don't have children earn, on average, very nearly the same as what men earn. (Though it doesn't matter much for men in terms of their pay if they have children or not.) In other words, most of the pay "penalty" for being a woman, in the U.S. today, is actually a penalty for being a mom. Jeffrey: almost all the talk about legal system reform that I've seen comes from the corporate perspective ("block 'frivolous' lawsuits"). I'm sure there are proposals for reform that come from a more progressive, worker-oriented perspective, and I've love to know what they are. My first thought on this is that you'd need to have something equivalent to the Public Defender system, but for civil cases. It'd be expensive, in some respects, but would also pay for itself in others. (As with private civil lawyering, the State could take a cut off of any winnings to help defray the cost of the system.) Even though I've just mentioned this idea, I'm not sure I'm ready to endorse it. Just throwing it out there as an example of something that might level the legal playing field a little. Madeleine: hear hear! Also, as I understand them, the statistics on the difference in pay for men and women hides something: the main difference in pay, when you account for things like race and education is mostly between men vs. women who have children. Women who don't have children earn, on average, very nearly the same as what men earn. (Though it doesn't matter much for men in terms of their pay if they have children or not.) In other words, most of the pay "penalty" for being a woman, in the U.S. today, is actually a penalty for being a mom.

Jeffrey: almost all the talk about legal system reform that I've seen comes from the corporate perspective ("block 'frivolous' lawsuits"). I'm sure there are proposals for reform that come from a more progressive, worker-oriented perspective, and I've love to know what they are. My first thought on this is that you'd need to have something equivalent to the Public Defender system, but for civil cases. It'd be expensive, in some respects, but would also pay for itself in others. (As with private civil lawyering, the State could take a cut off of any winnings to help defray the cost of the system.) Even though I've just mentioned this idea, I'm not sure I'm ready to endorse it. Just throwing it out there as an example of something that might level the legal playing field a little.

]]> Comment on Equal Pay For Equal Work: The Moment For Women Is Now by Jeffrey http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/2009/01/15/equal-pay-for-equal-work-the-moment-for-women-is-now/#comment-57 Jeffrey Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:55:49 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/?p=19#comment-57 Is there anyone talking about making the legal system more efficient at this time? It's not fair and it's not right when the time and cost of legal action (unwarranted litigation, etc...) is used as an excuse to continue immoral discrimination. Is there anyone talking about making the legal system more efficient at this time? It's not fair and it's not right when the time and cost of legal action (unwarranted litigation, etc…) is used as an excuse to continue immoral discrimination.

]]> Comment on The Loss of a Hero: Apartheid Critic Helen Suzman Dies at 91 by Madeleine M. Kunin: The Loss of a Hero: Apartheid Critic Helen Suzman Dies at 91 | World Tweets http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/2009/01/05/the-loss-of-a-hero-apartheid-critic-helen-suzman-dies-at-91/#comment-55 Madeleine M. Kunin: The Loss of a Hero: Apartheid Critic Helen Suzman Dies at 91 | World Tweets Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:54:20 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/?p=18#comment-55 [...] This was originally posted at Chelsea Green. [...] [...] This was originally posted at Chelsea Green. [...]

]]> Comment on Equal Pay For Equal Work: The Moment For Women Is Now by Madeleine M. Kunin: Equal Pay For Equal Work: The Moment For Women Is Now | Black News Tribune http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/2009/01/15/equal-pay-for-equal-work-the-moment-for-women-is-now/#comment-53 Madeleine M. Kunin: Equal Pay For Equal Work: The Moment For Women Is Now | Black News Tribune Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:53:55 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/madeleinekunin/?p=19#comment-53 [...] This was originally posted at Chelsea Green. [...] [...] This was originally posted at Chelsea Green. [...]

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