Compassion, a long-time resident of the hearts and minds of many Americans, has died. Authorities say the cause of death was slow strangulation by
Occupy Wall Street redefines the American dream
Thus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and
Leftover turkeys
It’s the day after Thanksgiving: You’ve got leftover white meat, cranberry chutney and sweet-potato soufflé. We’ve got the blogging equivalent: stories that were pretty
Do “small” businesses really create most US jobs?
If you had a dollar for every time a campaigning politician said that small businesses create most American jobs, you might have enough money
Harry Truman figured out Republicans a long time ago
In 1948, President Harry S Truman summed up his view of the Republican Party this way: … I have studied the Republican Party for
Assange and Wikileaks challenge government and corporate secrecy
On November 2, Julian Assange, the director of Wikileaks, lost his appeal in the British courts to avoid extradition to Sweden where prosecutors want
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
U.S. at bottom of heap in social justice rankings
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organization of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. All
Is concern about the diminishing middle class causing us to forget the poor?
Out of sight, out of mind. That’s been a major problem for poor people in the United States. When John F. Kennedy was a
“Overtaxed” Illinois corporations threaten to leave state
At a time when the greed of the one percent is on the minds of Americans, several Illinois corporations are threatening to leave the