Latest Posts
-
World’s 100 richest earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty 4 times over — RT
The world’s 100 richest people earned a stunning total of $240 billion in 2012 – enough money to end extreme poverty worldwide four times over, Oxfam has revealed, adding that the global economic crisis is further enriching the super-rich. “The… Continue reading
-
What’s Worth Learning: How Outdated Curricula are Failing America’s Students
Cut through the hype and the ideology-driven political rhetoric and it’s clear that, decade after decade, institutional performance nationwide changes little. Even schools considered models and pointed to with pride—upscale, beautiful, well-staffed, shipping high percentages of their graduates off to… Continue reading
-
Henry A. Wallace, The Danger of American Fascism
A 1944 piece very much worth consideration by then Vice President Wallace. The obvious types of American fascists are dealt with on the air and in the press. These demagogues and stooges are fronts for others. Dangerous as these people… Continue reading
-
I am not all that concerned by athletes being allowed to use steroids and other methods. Whether the use of perfromance enhancers is good or bad, this or that, is beside the point here. At issue is excellence of character.… Continue reading