Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Tax the Rich

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

I’m in the middle of the Pierson/Hacker book — it’s good — and came across this short note, online, from them on the current insanity: “Warren Buffett vs. the Broken-Clock Brigade.”

We Americans are going to have to wake up to the reality of our situation. No one else is going to do that for us. This book by Hacker and Pierson is as good a place as any to get a handle on what is going on in this country. It’s a sad state of affairs and it is going to take a big effort to correct. We might as well roll up our sleeves and get started….

Sounds of Rebellion

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

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A Proper Response

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Ralph Nader’s thoughts on the little psychopath’s book tour: “Bush At Large.”

Unenlightenment and Debt

Monday, November 15th, 2010

David Michael Green tackles the dummy in “The Religion of Politics.”

Michael Hudson goes into good detail on how one-sided economics in America has become: “Obama’s Most Recent Sellout is his Worst Yet.”

Inequality Codified

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

This sounds like a good book (link to a review by Bob Herbert): “Fast Track to Inequality.”