The Wally Way: Is Walmart Destroying America?
“You shouldn’t shop at Wal-Mart. Their employees make low wages and the company doesn’t provide health insurance for them.” My mother spoke as I continued to look for an available … Continue reading
No More Sympathy For The Devil
“Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name But what’s puzzling you Is the nature of my game…” Like the famous Rolling Stones tune, Republicans and their Tea … Continue reading
For the Economy’s Sake, Let Belief in Science Be This Election’s Litmus Test
At a time when we are sending our young men and women to the Middle East to free Afghanis from 9th century fundamentalist ignorance, it is ironic and very wrong when the … Continue reading
Protest By Flash Mob: The Web Reinvents Econ-Political Unrest from Cairo to Cleveland
From Egypt to the streets of suburban Cleveland, the Internet is reshaping how the young, from the disenfranchised to the bored and angry, gather, vent their rage and express themselves. … Continue reading
Beneficent Big Brother or Malignant Monopoly? Is Google is the New Borg?
Last week, the most powerful company in the world became even more powerful. GOOGLE, Inc. of Mountain View California, just went into the cellphone and cable TV markets, purchasing Motorola … Continue reading
Is There A Leader Amongst Us?
Dr. Cornel West, author and professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, and TV/radio talk host Tavis Smiley have created a lot of debate by criticizing President Obama’s leadership on … Continue reading
Corporations are People Too, Wackadoo, Wackadoo…
Mitt Romney has been out on the stump, proving once again that he is a good automaton for scripted moments, but that his ability to engage in retail politics is … Continue reading
Be Careful of the Beast You Starve: It May Be You
Our bureaucratic beast has been starved,and now it’s angry, hungry and looking for payback. We’ve deprived it of revenue, the Federal Income Tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans don’t add … Continue reading
Don’t like the Message? Shoot the Messenger
Shooting the messenger is not merely a literary metaphor for punishing the bearer of bad news. Lately it seems to be the way that those in power, whether it be … Continue reading
A Moment of Reflection on Government Policy and the Real World, with Whales.
I sit in front of a panoramic window, looking out at the vastness of the Pacific, after a few days of holiday that, perhaps aptly, was taken as the crisis … Continue reading
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