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REACTIVATING THE CCC FOR NATIONAL RECOVERY
The report cards have come out, and I’m afraid we’re just not making the grade.
I'm talking about the “Infrastructure Report Card,” issued every four years by the American Society of... [read more]
WATCHING YOU WATCH ADS
From national surveillance of our emails to local street cameras monitoring our movements, we’ve learned that Big Brother definitely is watching us. But his Little Brother is watching, too.
Little Bro... [read more]
WATCHING YOU WATCH ADS
From national surveillance of our emails to local street cameras monitoring our movements, we’ve learned that Big Brother definitely is watching us. But his Little Brother is watching, too.
Little Bro... [read more]
HOPE FOR APPALACHIAN RENEWAL
Springtime in Appalachia is always a time of sublime beauty, for the ancient mountains and forests come alive with flowers, bird songs, and the eternal sense of renewal. This year, though, is extra special, because... [read more]
THE MILKMAN DELIVERS
The most amazing thing to me about Robert Holding, a milkman in Lancashire, England, is not that he was delivering little packets of marijuana to a few of his elderly customers along his milk route... [read more]
MICROCHIPPING AMERICA WITH A NATIONAL ID CARD
Should the government require us to carry a national ID card embedded with what amounts to a bar code containing everything from our Social Security numbers to our commercial transactions? Should the personal data on... [read more]
LET'S RETRAIN WALL STREET INVESTMENT BANKERS
The classic Depression song, "Brother, can you spare a dime?," would now be more like "Brother, can you spare a sawbuck?" Whether 10 cents or 10 dollars, though, hard-hit folks all across our land are... [read more]
REACTIVATING THE CCC FOR NATIONAL RECOVERY
The report cards have come out, and I’m afraid we’re just not making the grade.
I'm talking about the “Infrastructure Report Card,” issued every four years by the American Society of... [read more]
CONGRESS’ HOKEY SACRIFICE
Even on Capitol Hill, there’s sometimes an outbreak of what looks to be good government and common sense. One such eruption came on February 10th in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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The spark that ignited tea party wrath in 2008 was not such right-wing bugaboos as "Obamacare," the federal deficit, or states' rights, which were added on later by Koch-created front groups. Rather, the uprising sprang directly from the public's raw outrage over Washington's flagrant coddling of Wall Street banksters.




MICROCHIPPING AMERICA WITH A NATIONAL ID CARD
Should the government require us to carry a national ID card embedded with what amounts to a bar code containing everything from our Social Security numbers to our commercial transactions? Should the personal data on... [read more]