Tomorrow’s History Today
at JohnFButterfield.com
edited by
John F. Butterfield

from a painting by Edmund Clarence Messer
from The Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
Joseph Philo Bradley
(March 14, 1813 - January 22, 1892)

photographer/creator:  NASA
Frank Borman
was born on March 14, 1928.

phtographer/creator:  NASA
Eugene Cernan
was born on March 14, 1939.

photographer/creator:  NASA
William B. Lenoir
was born on March 14, 1939.

photo courtesy of the U.S. Senate Historical Office
Senator Tom Coburn
has a birthday on March 14.

2008 cartoon by Ben Dib    distributed by MinutemanMedia.org

Articles may be retitled
by
the editor.

Let’s Shut Down the Prison Pipeline
by
Marian Wright Edelman
(posted here one year ago today)

U.S. Defense Programs
Cannot Be Justified
(posted here one year ago today)

The Fed’s operating disorders are directly threatening to recovery;
the economy is not likely to get well
if the dysfunctional Fed is not also reformed.
(posted here one year ago today)

Stop the Presses?
by
Jon Wiener
(posted here one year ago today)

Van Jones Makes Me Green with Happiness
by
Melissa Harris-Lacewell
(posted here one year ago today)

The “Comfy Retirement” Dream Has Exploded
by
Marie Cocco
(posted here one year ago today)

Republicans for the Employee Free Choice Act
by
John Nichols
(posted here one year ago today)

Rebuilding a Good Jobs Economy
by
Annette Bernhardt and Christine Owens
(posted here one year ago today)

No Reason to Demonize U.S. Single–Payer Health
by
John F. Wasik
(posted here one year ago today)

A lawyers’ group has asked the RCMP
to bar former U.S. president George W. Bush from entering Canada,
citing torture and war crimes committed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay.
(posted here one year ago today)

Who is America to judge?
by
Mark Weisbrot
(posted here one year ago today)

New Coal Plants Would Create
Nearly 18 Million Tons of Waste Annually
(posted here one year ago today)

Ocean Rise Rates Keep Rising
by
Jane Kay
(posted here one year ago today)

Too Hot to Handle
by
David Adam
(posted here one year ago today)

The verdict of the world’s top scientists is clear.
The big question now is whether the worlds richest countries,
who created the climate crisis, will act before it's too late.
(posted here one year ago today)

Americans Unprepared for Climate Change
by
Suzanne Goldenberg
(posted here one year ago today)

Could this be true?

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(posted here one year ago today)

Debunking an allegation that isn’t true!

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(posted here one year ago today)

Timetable for Health Bill Passage (w/o Public Option) Locks In
by
John Nichols

Votes Magically Vanished
by
Glenn Greenwald

Court Says Thimerosal Did Not Cause Autism
by
Randolph E Schmid

9/11 Clean-Up Crews Given Compensation Ultimatum
As Only 10,000 of 70,000 Will Be Covered by $657M Payout

Atomic Atolls
by
Glenn Alcalay

Greed Central
by
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

In Kansas City, School’s Out
by
Sasha Abramsky

. . . the 16 member states including Greece who use the euro
are to finalise the rescue package on Monday.

China’s Oil Demand Increase Astonishing, Says IEA
by
BBC

Senator John Kerry, hoping to win over wavering senators,
said he is pushing environmental reforms
to create jobs and spark energy independence . . .

Runaway Prius Case Presents Nagging Questions
by
Elliot Spagat

Gene Stoltzfus, the founding director of Christian Peacemaker Teams (www.cpt.org),
which aims to "get in the way" of war and violence,
has died at the age of 69, following a heart attack.

Deafening Silence from Corporate Media (on Silent IDF Dinner Protest)
by
Alex Kane

Public Option Public Option Public Option

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Cornel West on . . .

Collection of Lies

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Party Time

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Timely Topic

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March 14
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
[reproduction number LC-USZ62-1776]
Abigail Fillmore
(March 13, 1798 - March 30, 1853)

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
[reproduction number LC-USZ62-111423]
Susan B. Anthony
(February 17, 1820 - March 13, 1906)

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
[reproduction number LC-USZ62-134885]
Benjamin Harrison
(August 20, 1833 - March 13, 1901)

photo courtesy of Governor Hoeven
Governor John Hoeven
has a birthday on March 13.

photo courtesy of  Wikipedia
Congressman Alan Grayson
has a birthday on March 13.

photo courtesy of  Wikipedia
Congressman Joseph Cao
has a birthday on March 13.

photographer/creator:  NASA	photographer/creator:  NASA
James Bagain,  Robert Springer,  James Buchli, John Blaha, and Michael Coats	were launched aboard Discovery on March 13, 1989.

cartoon by Ben Dib    distributed by MinutemanMedia.org

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by
the editor.

What Israel Will and Will Not Allow
by
Glenn Greenwald
(posted here one year ago today)

I do not believe the National Intelligence Council could function effectively
while its chair was under constant attack by unscrupulous people
with a passionate attachment to the views of a political faction in a foreign country.
(posted here one year ago today)

Pay–Offs, Helicopters,
Cover–Ups, and War Crimes
(posted here one year ago today)

Iraqi Shoe–Thrower Sentenced to Three Years
by
Michael Howard
(posted here one year ago today)

The Number of Billionaires
Has Dropped from 1,125 to 793
(posted here one year ago today)

Obama . . . was in college
when the Reagan Revolution launched the deregulation
that allowed Wall Street to run wild?
(posted here one year ago today)

Reform Congress
Don’t Cede Power to the President
(posted here one year ago today)

Save the U.S. Postal Service
by
Peter Rothberg
(posted here one year ago today)

America has No Respect for Jobs
by
William A. Collins
(posted here one year ago today)

State Secrecy Raises Its Ugly Head, Again
by
John Hooper
(posted here one year ago today)

Drug War
Facts
(posted here one year ago today)

Interior Department Announces
New Focus on Global Warming & Renewable Energy
(posted here one year ago today)

Van Jones: Why I’m Going to Washington
by
Doug Pibel and Van Jones
(posted here one year ago today)

85 per cent of Amazonian rainforest at risk of destruction,
researchers warn.
(posted here one year ago today)

Scientists [Again] Warn of Catastrophic Rises in Sea Level
by
Lewis Smith
(posted here one year ago today)

The scary part
is that every worst–case scenario envisioned so far
has come to pass.
(posted here one year ago today)

£50bn of European Investment Needed
To Kick–Start Saharan Solar Plan
(posted here one year ago today)

. . . the commercial incentive for companies or individuals
to misuse it [information] will be huge.
It is essential to have absolute clarity that it is illegal.
(posted here one year ago today)

Pizza
Palace
(posted here one year ago today)

Congressman Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) led a protest Monday outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Washington,
site of the 2009 national conference of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP),
a trade group for the health insurance industry.

(posted here one year ago today)

Bernie Tells It Like It Is
by
Greg Kaufmann

83% of MoveOn Members Back Obama on Health Reform
by
John Nichols

Banking for the People
by
John Nichols

Good Debt, Bad Debt
by
E.J. Dionne

A Challenge to Corporate Feudalism?
by
Lewis Seiler and Dan Hamburg

GE’s Dirty Green Jobs
by
Brendan Smith

Macroeconomic Policy:
The Elephant in the Room

Greek Rioters Clash With Police as 10,000 Protesters Take to the Streets
by
The Telegraph

Promote Peace and Justice
Stop Aid to Israel

Make The News Itself the Star
by
Eric Alterman

Nobel Prize-Winning Scientists and Economists
Call On Senate to Address Climate Change
Now

Senate Votes
To Undermine Effort to Cut Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Up to 7 Million Homes Are Potentially Eligible To Be Repossessed
by
Renae Merle

New York City Agrees World Trade Centre Toxic Dust Payout
by
Associated Press

Mississippi School Sued
For Canceling Prom Over Lesbian Student

A Body on the Gears: On Mario Savio
by
Scott Saul

New Chile Quake as Pinera Sworn in as President
by
BBC

Health Reform

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Financial Reform

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The Senate as a Hole

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GOP Unafraid of Hypocrisy in Earmarks Game

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Campaign Finance Reform

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March 13
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *