The Land of Opportunity–for the Koch Brothers.
In the south Bronx, the unemployment rate is 19%. In Detroit and other metro areas it can be even higher than that. The opportunity...
Still Crazy After All These Years
It has been 33 years since the ascendency of Conservative philosophy in the Republican Party and since the takeover of part of American government...
Radical Changes in American Law Enforcement
We read more and more about severe changes to American local law enforcement. It is as if the world after 9/11 had adapted to...
Rich Getting Richer. Poor Getting Poorer.
In the United States today, the rich are getting richer and the poor are becoming poorer. The facts are clear. They are reported by...
The Health Care Lobby’s Last Ditch Attempt to Stop Obamacare
The Patient Accessibility and Affordable Care Act, also known popularly as “Obamacare” heads into the home stretch of initiation this fall, October 1st, to...
Another Look at Unions
It is time to revisit the issue of unions.
Why are unions important? They are important because unions represent the people. Government used to...
Of the Rich and the Poor in America
Income and wealth inequality in the United States is on the rise again. The gap between the rich and poor was much smaller from...
Inflation Versus Inaction
We now get a lot of activity from the theorists who say inflation is right around the corner. Every little up-tick in the interest...
The Failure of Conservative Economics Part V – The Bush-Cheney Depression
The United States has been in decline since 1981.
That was when Ronald Reagan’s charismatic personality took over the country. Reagan was the all-time,...
Time Out –A Look at the Republican Non-budget
Before we can return to the Failure of Conservative Economics, we must address a current issue on today's Neo-Conservative agenda...the Paul Ryan Republican Budget...
The Failure of Conservatism and the Future of American Economics. Part...
In 1946, in the shadow of the carillon tower on the campus of the University of Chicago, an economist by the name of Milton...
Why We Need Unions
There are a lot of people today who do not understand the history and the purpose of unions. And that is very important. Very...
Romney Has a Serious Problem. (short)
Mitt Romney is doing something that many candidates do when they are attacked, and especially when they are attacked with facts that are very...
The Scott Walker Story
Being fair to Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin is very difficult. It is like trying to be fair in analyzing the administration of Benito...
ALEC and the Corporate Takeover of America
Our government at local, state and national levels is being confiscated by huge corporations. It is happening every day in state legislatures all over...