A great tradition of American business is to create demand when consumers are really not asking for anything. Nowhere is this more evident than
Category: Corporations
Infrastructure: They’re clear-cutting my back yard, and why I’m okay with that
This week, NIMBY [“not in my back yard”] became LIMBY [“literally in my back yard”] when bucket trucks, backhoes, stump grinders, wood chippers and
How corporate greed got my daughter fired
My 49-year-old daughter has limited abilities, but has worked since finishing high school and has lived independently all these years. In fact, she just
St. Louis’ absurd political football scenario, and how to solve it, absurdly
It seems that everyone I know in St. Louis is opposed to a new football stadium that just might keep the Rams in St.
Bernie Sanders: Plain-speaking on the death of the middle class
Bernie Sanders–now a declared candidate for President–is not new to the business of truth-telling. The following article, originally published here in 2013, chronicles one
TPP: What Obama’s secret trade deal means for you
Since 2009, the Obama administration has been negotiating the Trans-Pacific Parnership (TPP) trade agreement in secret. Only lawyers and advisors representing banks and corporations,
Trying to look sympathetically at Trans-Pacific Partnership
In the 19th Century, the Victorian historian Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase “dismal science” for the field of economics. With the help of new
Ukrainians refusing to fight in U.S. proxy war with Russia
In case you haven’t noticed, U.S. mainstream media has been spewing out anti-Russian, anti-Putin propaganda since the U.S. backed coup in Kiev last year.
Red-light camera refund
Sometime between 2005 and 2014, I got nailed by a red-light camera. I don’t remember the date or the time, but I do remember
More health insurers offer “Obamacare” plans, shifting the political landscape
Good news for health-insurance shoppers, bad news for Obamacare haters. For the 2015 enrollment period [which begins on November 15, 2014], healthcare shoppers will