A few days ago The New York Times published an article entitled:  "Occupy Sandy: A Movement Moves to Relief."  I read a similar story two days later published by the Associated Press.

The gist of the stories was that veterans of the Occupy Wall Street movement acted quickly to fill the void left by traditional and governmental relief agencies for those in the areas of Nassau County, Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens most devastated by Sandy.

As the article reported:

The endless electoral campaign is finally over and Obama won.  As far as I can tell, while the Senate is slightly more liberal, the overall political configuration is similar to what existed before the election.  How does that impact the Rosenberg Fund for Children?

At the RFC’s offices we escaped the worst of Sandy’s wrath.  We were well to the north of the storm’s center and far enough inland to avoid serious flooding and massive power outages.  After one, hurricane-shortened workday, we were back to normal at the RFC.

A friend sent me a pre-publication copy of an article featured in the November 2012 issue of the prestigious journal Foreign Policy.  The article, by Peter Buck Feller, entitled "Declassified,"  tells the story of what he learned from his father's KGB file, and the common thread he found in other “children-of-spies” memoirs.

Yet another young activist was imprisoned last week and could spend up to 18 months behind bars even though she hasn’t been charged with a crime.  24-year-old Leah-Lynn Plante has been jailed for refusing to answer a grand jury’s questions.  Here is a video of Leah making her last statement before her third court date and subsequent jailing, and I’m reprinting the text below.  It is a little longer than most of my blog posts, but I think all RFC supporters will want to read it in its entirety.  And I add my voice to