A Lifetime “at War”
Even for those comfortably ensconced in the US, war-making has been a constant backdrop for all but the oldest Americans.
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America Hasn’t Reckoned with the Coup That Blasted the Black Middle Class
The Wilmington coup is the only successful and lasting armed overthrow of a legitimate municipal government in American history on U.S soil.
Read more...Shhhh, They’re Listening – Inside the Coming Voice-Profiling Revolution
Voice profiling….a brave new world of business shysterdom?
Read more...Links 4/29/2021
Major Parties’ Climate Programs Are Miles Apart
As high as the stakes are, the struggle between the Dems and the GOP over climate change feels too much like intramural sport.
Read more...Why Workers Memorial Day Is a National Call to Action
On the odd decision by American labor unions to have their own solidarity day, the Workers Memorial Day, rather than participate in May Day.
Read more...How Biden’s Request for More Education Funding Would Shift More Power to the Federal Government
Biden’s plan to increase Title I funding is at least in part intended to increase Federal influence over education. New York is resisting.
Read more...Links 4/28/2021
We Really Do Need to Rethink the Economics of Saving, Most of Which Is Nonsense
Savings plays an important role in household management (or does when the household isn’t desperate), yet economists don’t get it.
Read more...Closing Hours of 2021 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler!
2021 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler
Read more...The Corporate Food Takeover
Corporate ownership in many sectors of food production has risen and is set to increase further. Another rentier program well underway.
Read more...Mexico’s AMLO Locks Horns With Business Elite As Make-or-Break Elections Loom
Long-simmering tensions between government and business interests escalate in the run-up to the country’s biggest ever midterm elections.
Read more...The Idiotic Saga of the New York Times Cooking Community
A New York Times brand extension project goes pear shaped.
Read more...The Ugly Truth About Renewable Power
Questions about how to make intermittent renewable energy production work for users conditioned to always-here power.
Read more...Why Barack Obama Was a Horrible President
Torture, warrantless surveillance, energy policy
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