August 2018 — American Delusions

Inequality, Jeff Bezos, Amazon and Bernie Sanders

August 22, 2018 Comments Off

It is always useful to put a face to trends. The grotesque yawning extent of inequality is one of those trends that begs for the concrete. Knowing that a million seconds is 12 days while --->> read more -->>

Plastics and Run Amuck Capitalism

August 20, 2018 Comments Off

Plastic packaging is swamping the world with refuse that never degrades and flows into mountains of trash in land dumps and pollutes the oceans. For example, the bottled water industry produces over 50 billion bottles --->> read more -->>

President Authorizes Coup in Iran

August 19, 2018 Comments Off

Intervention in Iran – 65th Anniversary On August 19, 1953 President Eisenhower authorized the CIA to support British efforts to launch a coup against the popularly elected government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh in favor of Mohammad --->> read more -->>