On April 7, 2012, Mike Wallace of CBS News and 60 Minutes passed away. It’s hard to imagine any other journalist/entertainer who received a
Category: Corporations
Three years later: Obama’s 2009 Credit CARD Act is working
In the war between corporations who abhor regulations of any kind and consumers who regularly get screwed by unregulated corporations, a heartening victory has
Why protest NATO?
“The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is not a benevolent organization. NATO is not about the North Atlantic and it’s not about our collective defense.
The odd but simple figures about unemployment
On the first Friday of each month, the U.S. Department of Labor announces job numbers and unemployment figures for the previous month. During the
The income inequality speech TED doesn’t want you to see
TED is a nonprofit that began in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from the worlds of technology, entertainment, and design. Since then
Your casino, your loan shark
Ever since casinos became legal in Missouri in 1992, we’ve seen one broken promise after another, and now the gambling-industrial complex is doing it
Fracking: Why corporate-driven energy policy is bad for America
ROBERT KUDLOW: Won’t this natural gas fracking revolution really change America, change business, make us more competitive, and help people with utility bills at
How much does a political ad cost? New FCC ruling will help us figure it out
How much does it actually cost to run a political ad on television? We’re about to find out. Until Friday [April 27, 2012], the only way
Buffett Rule? Fairness? Republican curmudgeons just say no.
It’s a familiar script: 1. The Senate fails to pass a bill because even despite near uniform support from Democrats, the proposal does not
NRA: Official pimp for the multi-billion dollar gun industry
The National Rifle Association (NRA) is the lobbying arm of the firearms industry. It uses fear, racism, and focus-group tested catchwords like “freedom,” and