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The Party Of No Morphs Into The Party Of “No Way Jose”

The Party Of No Morphs Into The Party Of “No Way Jose”

With the jobs bill that just passed the Senate, a small group of Republican Senators, led by Jeff Sessions of Alabama, tried to hold up matters by insisting that immigration provisions be added to the bill. Once again, the “Party of No” morphs into the “Party of No Way Jose” as the GOP trots out its all-purpose boogeyman: “illegals”

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Commercial Real Estate: The Next Real Estate Bubble

Commercial Real Estate: The Next Real Estate Bubble

In cities and towns across the country, the number of empty store fronts and office buildings is growing. For example, office vacancy rates have risen to 16.3 percent and are expected to rise to 17.4 percent by the end of the year, according to the National Association of Realtors. Federal regulators and industry analysts are […]

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Blast From The Past: Are Modern Cars Too Complex?

Blast From The Past: Are Modern Cars Too Complex?

The current problem of Toyota could be the expression of a wider short coming of technological advancements  in the automotive industry. Car makers went within a few decades, starting in the early 1970’s, from putting the accent on long term durability to favor performance, some mechanical innovations, but mostly started making vehicles which were not […]

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The Rise Of Stonewall 2.0

It is hard to be the one who is purposefully left out, to be excluded, to feel “less than” others, and relegated to some second tier of human citizenship. Americans get righteously – and rightly – upset about such things and lesbian and gay Americans – and our many and diverse friends – are very pissed off.

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Foreign Kleptocrats And Former Dictators Living Large Abroad

Foreign Kleptocrats And Former Dictators Living Large Abroad

Too often in our societies, which value more what people have than what people are, money can get people to be complacent to corruption, and even crimes for the sake of profit and greed. Deposed foreign leaders, formers dictators and even mass murderers end up quite often in safe heavens such as Europe or America, […]

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