Because I’ve learned that blogging requires relatively short commentaries I have broken this post down into two parts to make its consumption more palatable. Both may be too lengthy for […]
“How a party can so nakedly represent only the top 1 percent while at the same time try to stop anything that will help the economy, and survive while doing […]
“From tax write-offs for gambling losses, vacation homes, and luxury yachts to subsidies for their ranches and estates, the government is subsidizing the lifestyles of the rich and famous. […]
Paul Krugman makes a striking observation that has sat beneath my radar about the U.S. Defense department’s budget all this time. I used to scream and holler about the bloated […]
A great piece in the NY Times by David Carr yesterday illustrated what’s wrong with Wall Street as those who covet it’s appeal to riches continue to criticize the OccupyWall […]
I Support Occupy Wall Street It’s a terrible thing when an individual loses his or her grip on reality. But it’s much worse when the same thing happens to […]
In its most current acting out as zombies, the Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to kill President Obama’s Job Plan. They were joined by two conservative Democrats – […]
There but for the grace of God go those who would berate those who support empowering their government in hard economic times to alleviate hardship that was not earned. David […]
One of Obama’s points in his speech Thursday was that he would be asking Congress to cut more on the payroll tax from what was cut already in the compromise agreement between […]
It has been a long tough slog but corporations have finally cajoled their way into the concept of personhood. If only they were really flesh and blood people they would […]
