New Name, Same Old Story?

What this (new) iteration of this blog is about. Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love This Blog's New Name.

A little over two years ago I started this blog mainly as a thought experiment. I was fatigued, admittedly, that neither political party was willing to pay so much as lip service to income inequality. A merry band of lunatics decide to give both Tea and Parties a bad name.

The last straw, admittedly, was when taxpayer-funded, "liberal" NPR wouldn't even address income inequality in a discussion about public housing in America. The commentators merely recited some information that was readily available from Wikipedia and then took calls from people who used to live in public housing high-rises.

The callers shared some personal anecdotes. The details where different, but the stories where the same. Everybody felt grateful that they had a roof over their heads in time of need, but the overall experience was awful and oh, how good they felt to get away.

And no, none of them had an idea as to what could be done to improve the situation.

"Well there you have it," said the "liberal" host of the radio program. "And with that, we're out of time!"

I had to howl at the moon, and this blog--although futile--did prove a catharsis. A few months later, some ingenious young people decided to camp out in Zuccotti Park, and, if nothing more, income inequality finally got on the map of political discourse.

So why keep this blog going? Even though I rarely update it (I work nearly 50 hours a week), I just can't stop myself. Quite frankly, I am having a lot more fun over at Natural New York, where my wife and I take pictures of flowers and write snarky poems about them. And yet, I can't help but try and offer a few words here and there about the plagued political discourse in America.

However, much of what I have posted has been too partisan, too preachy, and too polemic to be considered good writing. At least that's my opinion. So, I will try harder to go against the grain of Internet idiocy, and double down on my commitment to quality over quantity. And, in honor of George McGovern, I have renamed this blog Prairie Populism.

Stay tuned, and feel free to tell me what you think. Compassion, Love, and Understanding are the Answer.

Until then, Peace Out!