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Nod, nod, wink, wink. Voila it’s not a bribe – US Supreme Court in action

August 5, 2024

Nod, nod, wink, wink. Voila it’s not a bribe – US Supreme Court in action

August 5, 2024

In a recent case, SNYDER v. UNITED STATES, the US —>> read more –>>

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Capitalism

Top 400 in US have a lower tax rate than the bottom half of Americans

May 5, 2024

Top 400 in US have a lower tax rate than the bottom half of Americans

May 5, 2024

A frequent topic here is the staggering success of —>> read more –>>

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The Democracy Illusion

April 28, 2024

The Democracy Illusion

April 28, 2024

It is a bit of commonplace rhetoric to describe th —>> read more –>>

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Capitalism

The Supreme Court, the rich and corporations, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

March 22, 2024

The Supreme Court, the rich and corporations, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

March 22, 2024

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) has given a long s —>> read more –>>

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Briefly Noted

What Americans can learn from Danish masculinity – a reposting

January 31, 2024

What Americans can learn from Danish masculinity – a reposting

January 31, 2024

(reposted from https://theconversation.com/us) Den —>> read more –>>

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Human Nature

So…my question is…how better to organize societies?

January 31, 2024

So…my question is…how better to organize societies?

January 31, 2024

A reader of my recent post, “Nation-States Are A P —>> read more –>>

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Neoliberalism in action: The Scheme 26: The Myth of the Unelected Bureaucrat – Senator Whitehouse video

January 26, 2024

Neoliberalism in action: The Scheme 26: The Myth of the Unelected Bureaucrat – Senator Whitehouse video

January 26, 2024

As I have argued regularly, we are in an era of ne —>> read more –>>

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Human Nature

Nation-States Are A Plague On Our Species

January 18, 2024

Nation-States Are A Plague On Our Species

January 18, 2024

Organized Religion – My First Plague For many year —>> read more –>>

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Anonymity revisited – AI

December 27, 2023

Anonymity revisited – AI

December 27, 2023

In my June 15, 2020 post, “End Anonymity” I wrote: —>> read more –>>

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Whose Opinion (Advice) Is This?

December 17, 2023

Whose Opinion (Advice) Is This?

December 17, 2023

(originally posted 1.1.2002) The Problem At a time —>> read more –>>

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Human Nature

Survival of the Fittest – a destructive re-writing of evolution

December 10, 2023

Survival of the Fittest – a destructive re-writing of evolution

December 10, 2023

We live in a society whose cultural values and pol —>> read more –>>

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Politics

Is it time to get serious about Trump? What to do?

December 2, 2023

Is it time to get serious about Trump? What to do?

December 2, 2023

For the most part, I avoid ever listening to Trump —>> read more –>>

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      • – financialization – from production to extraction
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