Columbo: Somebody killed the Gulf of Mexico, Sir. Your fingerprints are all over the place.
Barack Obama: Sorry Lieutenant. Did you ask Bobby Jindal, Mary Landrieu. or Ken Salazar?
Dateline: December 10, 2009 By Kellia Ramares “No man is an island, entire of itself…any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”– John Donne, Meditation XVII Self-sufficiency, a.k.a. self-reliance or rugged individualism, is one of the great [...]
The American soil germinated fascistic thought and action long before the Europeans “industrialized” it. And racism was (and remains) the main fertilizer. By Patrice Greanville Many Americans have been brought up in a self-flattering culture that for the most part denies the profound contributions–in thought and example–made by some of their compatriots to Fascist ideology. [...]
On Rediscovering Roberto Rossellini-Filmmaker By Gaither Stewart (Rome) The story of Roberto Rossellini is a very Italian story, encompassing Italy in change from the Fascist period and, reaching beyond his lived life, until 2009. Though Europe is not Europe without Italy, Rossellini’s story, in the strictest sense, is not an European story either. For Italy, [...]
Bankers’ soaring pay is an investment in the economy, Lord Griffiths tells public meeting on City morality One of the City’s leading figures has suggested that inequality created by bankers’ huge salaries is a price worth paying for greater prosperity. In remarks that will fuel the row around excessive pay, Lord Griffiths, vice-chairman of Goldman [...]
The Sixth Extinction Niles Eldredge An ActionBioscience.org original article »en español articlehighlights Can we stop the devastation of our planet and save our own species? We are in a biodiversity crisis — the fastest mass extinction in Earth’s history, largely due to: human destruction of ecosystems overexploitation of species and natural resources human overpopulation the [...]
BY ALEX MASSIE || The House voted 240-179 to punish presidential heckler Rep. Joe Wilson. But in Britain, his boorish behavior would be a cherished part of the political culture. Alex Massie on why American politicians are a bunch of wimps. Far and away the most deplorable element of what we must now, presumably, call [...]
Sen. Max Baucus, the Man Behind the Health Care Bill The Slick Swindler // By JOSHUA FRANK | • Dateline: September 17, 2009 W H I L E • S T I L L in high school I had the pleasure of flying across the country to Washington, D.C., for a weeklong youth workshop on leadership [...]
Everyone shoveled into a manure pit. But criticism remains unfocused. by Alec MacGillis || Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, September 16, 2009 PITTSBURGH — Just when it looked as if conservatives might be cornering the market on angry populism, along comes Michael Moore. But that doesn’t mean Democrats in Washington should rest easy. “Capitalism: A [...]
Profit America By David Sirota Popmatters – 9/17/03 [Eds. Note: This is a repost due to quality and timelessness of piece.] Soldiers dying in Iraq, millions unable to afford health care, the international double standards that make everyone hate us, an unemployment crisis while we’re cutting taxes for the wealthy and exporting jobs to China [...]
