Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake! – The Daily Beast
If only more people could cut through the right-wing “protect the rich” talking points like Stephen King, we might actually have a strong middle class again. Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake! – The Daily Beast.
Not Above the Law
This case needs a day in court– Michael Appleton for The New York Times A judge has rejected Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s claim of diplomatic immunity in his effort to dismiss a civil suit filed by a hotel housekeeper who claimed that the French leader had sexually assaulted her. Justice Douglas E. McKeon of State Supreme Court [...]
American Education: Brought to You by Corporate Giant Pearson
Here’s a telling quote from an article by Gail Collins: An American child could go to a public school run by Pearson, studying from books produced by Pearson, while his or her progress is evaluated by Pearson standardized tests. The only public participant in the show would be the taxpayer. via A Very Pricey Pineapple [...]
Soul Food Junkies
Hate to feel like I’m just a cut-and-paste blogger, so I want to mention that I enjoyed a local screening of ‘Soul Food Junkies’. Byron Hurt, the documentary maker, came to Rhode Island and showed his film at Miriam Hospital to health care workers, and later at an event open to the public at the [...]
BREAKING: Bush Opposes Taxing the Rich
What a surprise. George Bush wants all the tax breaks to stay in place for the 1%. ”Leave capital in the treasuries of the job creators,” he says in the article linked below. Here’s a concept: what about letting the middle class be job creators? What about helping small businesspeople feel economically strong enough to [...]
Why is Youth Sports on the Decline?
Talking with a Cranston dad after church, he mentioned that our local Little Leagues are taking a hit in terms of enrollment, and have a smaller batch of teams this year. I wondered if the trends went further than just Cranston and found this article: Participation in youth sports on the decline | SouthCoastToday.com. As [...]
American Suburbs: Quiet, Safe, and Poor
You will notice a lot of “For Sale” signs on houses in our neighborhood and pretty much any neighborhood in Cranston. A quick look at the Zillow map for Cranston says there are 538 homes for sale or rent in the city. Let’s hope we can pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and become the [...]
Inequality Marches On — The Death March of American Inequality
I know some of our readers believe that no matter how unfair and extreme income inequality becomes, there is nothing the government can do — we must let the free markets set the course. But what if those free markets are setting us on a course for destruction? Do we accept our ultimate demise as [...]
How to Lose Friends yet Influence Elections
Reblogged from Joe Mohr's Cartoon Archive: The next edition of this board game hopefully won’t have that card included… More on Citizens United and Super PACs From HuffPo: Citizens United and Contributions to Super PACs: A Little History Is in Order From Salon: The hard truth about Citizens United From Open Secrets: Super PACs (full [...]
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