On Monday, the European Union interior ministers met in Luxembourg. At the top of the agenda was the recent spike of undocumented migrants coming from North Africa in the aftermath of the Tunisian revolution. Italy alone has reported that 26,000 migrants have landed in the country since the North African unrest started in January. One [...]
American society seems to have degenerated to the point that it resembles a massive factory floor, or plantation, rather than a sovereign country of free individuals. The extent of democracy is now limited to choosing who gets to be the foreman. The real bosses are far beyond the reach of, and accountability to, the American [...]
Image by L&K Designs – Go Here For T-Shirts and Other Products With This Great Design The goals of those that have risen up against the oppression of tyrannical governance are fighting for the basic rights and needs of all human beings. They want access to sufficient food and clean water. They want to [...]
By Kenneth Lipp Countries spent an average of 16.9 percent of their GDP, worldwide, bailing out banks and private financial institutions (source: World Bank- “A User’s Guide to Banking Crises”) in the year 2000. The original allocation for the now infamous bailout of U.S. leviathans such as Goldman-Sachs was 700 billion dollars, and though the [...]
It’s hard to believe Sidney Lumet never won a competitive Oscar. The director, who who died Saturday at 86, made some of the most memorable and socially relevant films of the last 50 plus years. Look at his filmography, starting with his first feature “12 Angry Men,” ( 1957). Groundbreaking at the time, the film [...]
