“Black Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving, was a wonderful gift to both retailers and the media. Even before midnight Thanksgiving night, stores were mobbed
Category: Consumer issues
Thinking outside the tent: Where the 99% movement could “camp out” next
Now what? Now that the political establishment has succeeded in physically removing Occupiers from several cities, what direction should the movement take? Many have
You’re kidding: City favors Christmas tree over Occupiers?
It’s possible that the biggest obstacle to justice is the kindness and generosity of charity. No example can better illustrate this than St. Louis
Dirty is the new green
Recent tv ads are touting how green natural gas is, extolling the local production, job creation and environmental friendliness of natural gas. Of course,
Single payer, job creator
Maybe I didn’t get the memo, but I don’t recall seeing much airtime/ink/bandwidth devoted to discussing single-payer healthcare as a jobs program. And that’s
Protesting the GOP’s “blame-the-victim” philosophy
In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Herman Cain informed the “Occupy Wall Street” protesters that they should not blame the banks
Occupy St. Louis: This is what democracy looks like
It’s not easy to compete with baseball for participation, media attention and parking spaces in downtown St. Louis when the Cardinals are in the
Montana governor wants single-payer, too
Add Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer to the short [so far] list of state leaders who think single-payer health care is the way to go
Obama’s jobs plan could prevent 2012 recession, say economists
“President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan would help avoid a return to recession by maintaining growth and pushing down the unemployment rate next
Wall Street protests–coming to your neighborhood
The Wall Street protests have entered a new phase, finally beginning to gain mainstream media recognition (though still faulty and limited), while growing and