A popular perspective on the current work stoppage in the National Football League is “Who cares about billionaires fighting millionaires?” It’s a fair question
Author: Arthur Lieber
Since 1969, Arthur Lieber has been teaching and working in non-profit educational organizations. His focus has been on promoting critical, creative, and enjoyable learning for students in informal settings. In the 2010 mid-term elections, he was the Democratic nominee for US Congress from Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District.
Good news on jobs means good wages
Robert Reich has been a contrarian about most of the Obama economic policies, but that does not necessarily make him a negative person.
When you think Egypt, think Suez
Many want to believe that recent uprisings that began in Tunisia are essentially about human rights. As discord cascaded into Egypt and then to
Can a movement tolerate ambiguity?
There have been many individuals wondering whether people would have to take to the streets to awaken our legislators, and most importantly President Barack
Sometimes, we need a soft and slow line
There seems to always be a line that can’t be crossed. Real or imagined, people are reluctant to go into unfamiliar or forbidden territory,
President Obama needs to touch base more often
George Lakoff has repeatedly stressed the “framing deficit” with which progressives are constantly struggling. Whether it was before last November’s election, during the lame
The Civil War, the NFL, the haves and the have-nots
A recent article in the Washington Post pointed out a “myth” about the Civil War that relates to why middle and low income people
So much to learn from the Challenger disaster
Morton Thiokol was not the name of one of the astronauts aboard the Challenger spacecraft that blew up twenty-five years ago today (January 28,
Why are civilian Federal workers getting the shaft?
The two most effective ways to control federal spending: 1) Rescind the “Bush tax holiday” for the wealthy; restore tax rates for the wealthy
Capital punishment: Tucson provides another teachable moment
Suppose that Timothy McVeigh had not been put to death for his horrific crime of blowing up the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City