Erosion of Midde Class Gallops Onward
Posted by John Rensenbrink on 11/20/11Erosion of Middle Class Gallops Onward
More and more families are being pulled down. The New York Times News Service reports these somber findings based on figures provided by the Census Bureau:
Not only are 49…
Occupy Wall Street--Up with Local
Posted by John Rensenbrink on 11/18/11The Occupiers are Reminding us about Local Places
Presented here by John Rensenbrink on behalf of Terry Fowler, Toronto, Canada
Looking for a program of demands from the Occupy movement is not getting the message. These…
Thoughts on Occupy Wall Street and the movement of the Sixties
Posted by Steve Welzer on 11/13/11Re: Occupy Wall Street, there’s certainly a new energy for social change and the most exciting thing to me is that it’s part of a worldwide movement. Maybe we’re finally seeing the beginning of the new era of activism which…
Where Steve Jobs Has Gone
Posted by Steve Welzer on 10/07/11(This is a condensed version of an article that will be appearing in the Fall 2011 issue of Green Horizon Magazine. If you’d like to read the full article, request that a copy of the magazine be mailed to you.…
Politics? Grrrr . . . ! But Hey Wait a Minute!
Posted by John Rensenbrink on 08/01/11Politics? Grrrrrr . . .! But, hey, wait a minute!
A “Local Commentary” appeared in my home town daily newspaper, the Bath/Brunswick (Maine) Times Record, a few weeks ago and got my surprised attention. It was written by…
Toward a More Participatory Form of Democracy
Posted by Steve Welzer on 07/25/11In my last blog post I wrote:
“Neither teachers nor state workers nor unions are to blame for the budgetary crises. Years of tax cuts for the richest individuals and tax avoidance by the big corporations are the…
Fair taxation would help solve the problem of government revenue shortfalls
Posted by Steve Welzer on 07/25/11Fiscal crisis (difficulty matching expenditures and revenues) has been a recurrent theme for both national and state governments in recent years. It seems to me that most establishment politicians are wearing blinders when it comes to consideration of solutions.
…Obama no FDR - Wish he were like a Betty Ford!
Posted by John Rensenbrink on 07/19/11Obama is no FDR. Wish he were like a Betty Ford!
When Republican reactionaries ganged up on Francis Perkins, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s choice for the Department of Labor in the early ‘30s (from which vantage point Perkins launched…
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- Erosion of Midde Class Gallops Onward
- Occupy Wall Street--Up with Local
- Thoughts on Occupy Wall Street and the movement of the Sixties
- Where Steve Jobs Has Gone
- Politics? Grrrr . . . ! But Hey Wait a Minute!