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?
Sharron Angle, The Constitution Party, And The New Religious Right
The productive and necessary views and desires of non-religious libertarians and conservatives have been silenced in favour of the media friendly, accidentally-comic hyperbole of the entertainingly ridiculous rhetoric of Angle, Palin, Paul, Beck, et al. To allow a platform to be usurped by delusional religious fundamentalists with a counter-constitutional agenda is a threat to freedom, the Constitution, and the rights of all Americans.
Vermont Gubernatorial Candidate Backs Pot Decriminalization
A gubernatorial candidate in Vermont has added his voice to the effort to decriminalize marijuana. Peter Shumlin, a Windham County state senator fighting his way through a five-part primary, said he is throwing his support behind the burgeoning decriminalization movement.
