God Has No Place in Politics
S. Paul Forrest Activist Post During every election period, we concerned citizens force ourselves to listen to the empty rhetoric and meaningless banter of another…
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I Am My Own Master
Scott Oliver, Contributing Writer Activist Post Out of the 1,000+ newsletters, articles and the three books I have written, I have only touched upon political…
Are Credit Checks Keeping The Jobless Out Of Work?
Laura Bassett Huffington Post After working for the same railroad for 14 years, never missing a house or car payment, Sammy Bailey says he never…
5 Best Countries to Escape America’s Decline
Activist Post Okay, you’re upset with the direction America is headed and you’ve been thinking of moving to another country. Perhaps you feel exhaustively cynical…
Cash-strapped schools open lockers to advertising
Some say schools are no place for ads. But ads can help cash-strapped districts make money. Image: David Brewster/Star Tribune Norman Draper Star Tribune School…
A World Made by War
How Old Will You Be When the American War State Goes Down? Tom Engelhardt TomsDispatch When you look at me, you can’t mistake the fact…
New Figures Detail Depth Of Unemployment Misery, Lower Earnings For All But Super Wealthy (VIDEO)
Huffington Post One out of every 34 Americans who earned wages in 2008 earned absolutely nothing — not one cent — in 2009. The stunning…
World stocks up as G-20 vows to avoid currency war
Carlo Piavano Associated Press LONDON — World stocks rose and the dollar slumped Monday after global finance chiefs vowed to avoid a currency war that…
A Citizens United Conspiracy – Were Supreme Court Justices Involved?
Jimmy Zuma Technorati It’s time to demand answers to the most troubling questions since the Nixon Era. The New York Times is reporting that the…
Corn Syrup Lobby Courts Mommybloggers, Gets Spanked
Jaelithe Judy Care2 High fructose corn syrup, an inexpensive sweetener made from highly processed corn that has become an almost ubiquitous ingredient in packaged processed…
Same Hill leaders could emerge from voter upheaval
Laurie Kellman Associated Press WASHINGTON — Change at the top? Not necessarily. Whichever party controls the House and Senate after the Nov. 2 election probably…
Iran needs stern lessons in freedom
Glenn Greenwald Salon Here is the latest Outrage of Evil from the Persian Hitlers: Iran’s intelligence minister confirmed on Wednesday that two U.S. citizens detained…
Cybershark Feeding Frenzy
Joseph Allen TakiMag The perverse coupling of surveillance and exhibitionism forms a cornerstone of American technocracy. Most Americans, be they liberals or libertarians, are unnerved…
Economists Say US Must Prepare for “Savage Austerity”
YouTube – BloombergTV Best Howard Davies, chairman of the London School of Economics, and Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citigroup Inc., talk about the potential…