Fair taxation would help solve the problem of government revenue shortfalls
Fiscal 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.
… moreObama no FDR - Wish he were like a Betty Ford!
Obama 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… more
Obama Heroic Moderate? No way!
Obama this week now claims to be “above it all”, painting himself as a force for moderation. He challenges the Democrats and Republicans in Congress to each bend a bit so that the debt ceiling can be raised and the… more
Ending the Nuclear Evil
Ending the nuclear evil
Desmong Tutu, who along with Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress, struggled successfully to end Apartheid and its evils in South Africa, continues to exhort the world to end what he correctly calls… more
Down with Obamacare
Down with Obamacare
In Congress there are 88 members of the Single Payer Caucus.
If they were to use the muscle their numbers give them, they could let it be known loud and clear that they… more
Why a New Political Party is Imperative --The Democrats Don’t Deliver and Critics Miss the Point
Two Failures: The Democrats and Their Critics
Democrats dominate both Houses of Congress. But they can’t or won’t deliver to defend the life-critical needs of the overwhelming majority of the American people—as witness their feeble legislative efforts on… more
Obama in Denver: We Must Take Seriosly What He Says and Does NOT Say
Obama in Denver: We Must Take Seriously What He Says . . . and Does NOT Say
On Friday morning last week, the New York Times did big stories on Obama’s speech of the night before to the… more
An image of the Revolution of Lowered Expectations
Brunswick, Maine is a town across the river from where I live in Topsham. It has a wide main street, and it is appropriately called Maine Street.
Brunswick has a tradition of years-standing that pedestrians crossing Maine street… more
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