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Supreme Court Ruling Voids Marketplace, Economic Dominance Can Be Purchased from Government
Posted on January 24, 2010 | 1 CommentMy friend Dave Johnson, founder of Seeing the Forest, a fellow of the Campaign for America’s Future and the Commonweal Institute, penned this piece, “Supreme Court Shifts Business Playing Field...
Unaccountable, Irresponsible and Infinitely Powerful Authority
Posted on January 22, 2010 | 16 CommentsI turned to the Democratic Party when I reached voting age because of my natural distrust of authority. I still have a problem with authority, and I’m proud of it....
Moyers On Greed
Posted on January 13, 2010 | 3 CommentsYou gotta watch Bill Moyers on greed. Here it is. Corporatism can be defined as the belief that corporate entities transcend ordinary humanity and must, therefore, be granted transcendent legal...
O. Henry’s “Gift of the Magi” and the American Way
Posted on December 28, 2009 | 1 CommentIn “The Gift of the Magi,” O. Henry tells the story of Della and Jim, a couple rich in love who can barely afford their $8 per week flat. It’s...
The Great Cons
Posted on December 8, 2009 | 1 CommentSo, it turns out that the Glenn Becks and Bill O’Reillies are trying to undermine the nation’s financial security so they can make a private bundle in the gold market....
And You Thought Wall Street Was Full of Pirates
Posted on December 2, 2009 | 2 CommentsSomalian pirates have established their own stock exchange to manage their booty, the Financial Times reports. The New York exchange is known as NYSE. Will pirate traders work at YAR?...
A Public Option for Corporations, But Not People?
Posted on November 30, 2009 | 4 CommentsI’ve joked before that not far in the future, there will be Corporate Creationists who argue that God created corporations, that they could not possibly have evolved from human beings....
Bailout Burnout
Posted on November 6, 2009 | 4 CommentsI was once told that if you are not a liberal when you are young you have no heart, and if you are not a conservative when you are old...
“The Cop and the Anthem”
Posted on October 25, 2009 | 3 CommentsEarlier this month, Timmy Lee Porter walked into an Anchorage bank. He handed the teller a note: “This is a bank robbery, place 1 $100 bill on the counter or...
Abolish the High-Stakes School Tests
Posted on October 12, 2009 | 9 CommentsThe nationwide fad in high-stakes, standardized student testing has failed. Everyone knows it, yet the punishing policy remains in place. It’s time to bring the curtain down on a system...