A beautiful song by the great singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. It captures her feeling of being out of joint with the prevailing holiday mood. In doing so, I’m sure, she gives voice to the sentiments of many others who hear from all sides that they should be joyful and merry at this time of year. But try as they might, they can’t quite conjure up those feelings, which only makes them feel like more of an outsider.
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Sam Webb
I'm a long-time socialist and activist, but new to the blogging world. I hope to bring a different perspective on politics, sports, culture, and Marxism. Besides blogging, I also leave plenty of time for swimming, hiking, ESPN, music, reading, drinking good beer, and, not least, my family and friends. I wish I could play basketball, but my knees ruled out that possibility long ago.
While I currently reside in New York, my politically formative years were spent in Portland, Me. and Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s. I graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (where I played basketball) and received a MA in economics from the University of Connecticut.
I was the national chairperson of the Communist Party, USA from 2000 until 2014 when I stepped down at the convention. In 2016 I resigned from the Communist Party two years later. We were no longer on the same page.
