On Saturday, October 15, I attended the Occupy St. Louis protest, one of the many demonstrations around the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall
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,
Herman Cain has done what Dems couldn’t in 2008
It’s become sport to knock the leading GOP candidate de jour off his or her pedestal. Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry were easy targets.
Republican tax “debate” is baloney
At the most recent Republican presidential debate [Oct. 18, 2011], Herman Cain parried all questions about his 9-9-9 tax plan by saying that his
Illinois is behind on its bills, and citizens are paying the price
The state of Illinois originally began to delay payment for services and goods as a way of dealing with budget shortfalls on a short-term
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
Our leaders need more sleep
As Bill Clinton reflected upon his presidency, he said that the biggest obstacle to making good policy decisions was operating with unceasing sleep deprivation.
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
What would reasonable school reform look like?
In my last two articles for Occasional Planet, I lambasted two current trends in our country’s educational system: over-reliance on standardized tests and the
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