Inequality
Inequality, Jeff Bezos, Amazon and Bernie Sanders
Inequality, Jeff Bezos, Amazon and Bernie Sanders
August 22, 2018
It is always useful to put a face to trends. The g —>> read more –>>
Politics
Capitalism
Plastics and Run Amuck Capitalism
Plastics and Run Amuck Capitalism
August 20, 2018
The earth is burdened by the tsunami of plastic refuse that will never degrade. Government needs to protect us from capitalist enterprises delight in externalizing costs to our detriment and their short-term benefit.
Inequality
Countering White Male Top 10% Affirmative Action
Countering White Male Top 10% Affirmative Action
May 22, 2018
Countering White Male Top 10% Affirmative Action T —>> read more –>>
Politics
Do Protests Work? – Time for Class Warfare
Do Protests Work? – Time for Class Warfare
May 21, 2018
iIllustration by Adam Maida in 8/21/17 New Yorker —>> read more –>>
Justice/Jails
Gun Regulation, the 2nd Amendment, and Scalia’s Majority Opinion
Gun Regulation, the 2nd Amendment, and Scalia’s Majority Opinion
May 9, 2018
Gun Regulation, the 2nd Amendment, and Scalia’s Ma —>> read more –>>
Politics
How to Spot Fake News – libraries get in the game…..
How to Spot Fake News – libraries get in the game…..
February 20, 2018
Fake news is now a political strategy used around the world. How can we defend ourselves, how can we identify it and its sources? Here is a beginning from FactCheck.org and the New Orleans Public Library.
Briefly Noted
Recently Noted – Robert Reich: how we got into this mess and how we get out of it
Recently Noted – Robert Reich: how we got into this mess and how we get out of it
December 29, 2017
Reich’s latest cartoon does a good job of describing the changes in the US economy, weaker on the underlying political campaign by the rich and corporations to restructure the economy to their benefit. Worth the 6 minute viewing time.
Economy
Deficits, Deficits – the rhetoric of the forthcoming attacks on the poor
Deficits, Deficits – the rhetoric of the forthcoming attacks on the poor
December 20, 2017
Republicans Create Bigger Deficits Then Blame The Entitled Poor. Cuts to social programs coming to fix the Republican created deficit problem.
Empire
Considering the Obama Presidency And Musings on Foreign Policy
Considering the Obama Presidency And Musings on Foreign Policy
December 18, 2017
President Obama came into office on a wave of emot —>> read more –>>
Family
Vicious Republicans Attack Children’s Health Insurance Program
Vicious Republicans Attack Children’s Health Insurance Program
December 12, 2017
Nearly 9 Million children are loosing their health insurance as states run out of funds. The Congress, controlled by the vicious Republican Party that is more focused on getting a sexual predator elected in Alabama than worrying about mere children, has not appropriated any new funds.
Politics
Trump Republican Policy Crimes (some only attempted at the moment)
Trump Republican Policy Crimes (some only attempted at the moment)
November 30, 2017
Trump – Republican Positions and Crimes (some just attempted) against the poor, working and middle class. The current Trump Republicans effort to cram their bill to pay back their corporate and rich supporters with giant tax breaks has me frothing a bit. I wrote down this list, partial though it may be. Add to it!
Briefly Noted
Recently Noted – “What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer”
Recently Noted – “What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer”
November 7, 2017
The NY Times published an interesting article by M —>> read more –>>