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The Tragedy Of Rush Limbaugh’s Low Information Voter Theory – Forbes
This is an extremely well thought out article on a fateful turn among conservatives in the early Reagan days, a turn away from trusting in the citizenry toward a kind of aristocratic cynicism. It actually elucidates how and when I… Continue reading
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Deconstructing the Monogenre
Props to Joseph C. and the Buddy-Friend-Guy, Chris, for pointing this very good article out. The singularity is approaching. Not just the dystopian rule of sentient robot overlords as prophesied by every sci-fi movie ever, but sure, that too. (Have… Continue reading
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Wal-Mart Returning To Full-Time Workers-Obamacare Not Such A Job Killer After All? – Forbes
Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest employer, announced Monday that 35,000 part-time employees will soon be moved to full-time status, entitling them to the full healthcare benefits that were scheduled to be denied them as a result of Wal-Mart’s efforts to avoid… Continue reading
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The Self-Satisfied Strutting of the Idiocracy
…When all’s said and done, one factor in all this is is becoming more and more obvious and yet no one will say it out loud: It’s not merely a Right vs. Left political conflict in America anymore, it’s a… Continue reading
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The Reign Of Morons Is Here | Esquire
We have elected a national legislature in which Louie Gohmert and Michele Bachmann have more power than does the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who has been made a piteous spectacle in the eyes of the country and doesn’t… Continue reading
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The Myth of Welfare Queens and the Reality of Racism
Fiscal conservative politicians including some Democrats like Bill Clinton have presided over a massive and systematic redistribution of wealth into the 1 percent since the 1980s. For African-Americans this means that we lost over half of our collective and meager… Continue reading
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“Democracy”, Crisis, and Control
Ted Asregadoo speaks with U.C. Santa Barbara sociology professor, William I. Robinson, about the crisis of global capitalism and social democratic ways to address the financial, ecological, and social crises wrought by this system. Related articles Society of Control (keithwaynebrown.com)… Continue reading
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Is America’s Militia Movement on the Rise? | The Nation
You may have seen it on the Colbert Report. A proposed walled city of “patriots,” known as The Citadel, received the particular dose of sarcastic humor the show reserves for militiamen and gun nuts. Colbert’s reading of the requirement that… Continue reading
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Money and Power: The (Secret) City
Interesting bit of knowledge about the financial world of which I was unaware. I am not putting this forward to participate in conspiracy theories. I have read enough Robert Anton Wilson to know that can never be anything more than… Continue reading
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A Slow Death by the Proper Name…
Since 1954, the World Meteorological Organization has been naming extreme storms after people. But we propose a new naming system. One that names extreme storms caused by climate change, after the policy makers who deny climate change and obstruct climate… Continue reading
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Poverty does bad things to your brain | Futurity
Poverty and the worry that goes with it uses up so much mental energy that the poor have little room in their brains for anything else. As a result, people of limited means are more likely to make mistakes and… Continue reading
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The Confidential Memo at the Heart of the Global Financial Crisis | VICE United Kingdom
The whole sorry thing is both depressing and infuriating… When a little birdie dropped the End Game memo through my window, its content was so explosive, so sick and plain evil, I just couldn’t believe it. The Memo confirmed every… Continue reading
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Freelance Nation: How to Become a Part-Time Worker Without Really Trying | The Nation
This originally appeared as a Tomgram over at Tomdispatch and was picked up by the Nation… …what a weird economic downturn and recovery this has been. From the end of an “average” American recession, it ordinarily takes slightly less than… Continue reading
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the escape from reality
Originally posted on coromandal: Here is the economist John K. Galbraith making two more excellent points about the popularity and insanity of speculation. He describes two reasons why after a bubble bursts — as it did in a spectacular fashion that… Continue reading
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dignity, trust, failure
Originally posted on coromandal: Acumen Fund’s observations about poverty alleviation at their 10 year anniversary. What does not help: money and markets as the only measure, parachuting solutions remotely, depersonalized analytic approach. What does work: dignity, local leadership, government, patience… Continue reading
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Ripping Off of Young America: The College Loan Scandal
Good investigative piece from Matt Taibbi and well worth your time. If you are not sure, just read these few paragraphs and decide if you can afford to not read the whole article. …How is this happening? It’s complicated. But… Continue reading
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Restore Honor and Pardon Edward Snowden | The Nation
…Julian Assange, no stranger to unrequited integrity, nailed it. “Today, the president of the United States validated Edward Snowden’s role as a whistleblower by announcing plans to reform America’s global surveillance program,” the WikiLeaks founder said in a statement posted… Continue reading
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Generation X gets really old: How do slackers have a midlife crisis? | Salon.com
…There is a reason, says historian and generational expert Neil Howe, why members of Generation X have been cast as perpetual adolescents. Their parents – “the Silent Generation” – originated the stereotypical midlife breakdown, and they came of age, and… Continue reading
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