The Real BP Gulf Tragedy: What If There Had Been No Spill?
The extraction of oil is a catastrophe whether it goes as according to plan or not. We are not talking about whether we save the Gulf or not – we are quibbling about whether we get to use the oil before it kills off the oceans. That is the only thing that is at issue. Either way we destroy the Gulf, so can we please stop pretending otherwise?.
Christian Conservative Politics: The Death Of Democracy
Religion missed the age of enlightenment; America and its Constitution did not. Do not let the conservative Christian nationalists, the Christian Reconstructionists, and the Dominionist Evangelicals rob this country of its freedom, liberty and Constitutional rights.
Global Trend: The Rich Are Getting Richer
According to a report published by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch, in 2009 the wealthy got wealthier worldwide despite the global economic downturn. Globally, the number of millionaires rose by 17 percent in 2009. Meanwhile, the middle class and the poor are getting increasingly squeezed as the result of the 2008 global financial meltdown, which translated […]
Larry Kudlow’s Anti-Gay Mutual Funds
The same disregard shown by Wall Street and ‘Big Finance’ to laws and regulations governing exploitation, fraud, and theft, has been extended to principles of civil rights and civil liberties. Ave Maria Funds, Advised by Larry Kudlow, and managed by Schwartz Investment Counsel, will not serve the investment needs of any companies that do not discriminate against homosexuals and same-sex marriages,
Climate Change Deniers: A Cacophony Of Grunting
It has been noted that we approach climate change denial as if the problem were not enough education, not enough facts in the public domain, but this does not seem to be the problem. If public education isn’t effective, what is Plan B?
