French Elections: Socialists Win Absolute Majority on Tax-and-Spend Agenda
In France’s parliamentary elections on Sunday, the Socialists won an absolute majority. They obtained 314 seats in the 577 seat National Assembly. This clear victory will allow newly elected President Hollande to efficiently push his tax-and-spend agenda to deal with Europe’s faltering economy and growing debt crisis. The Socialists-because of today’s victory- will not need […]
Will Occupy Radicalize and Globalize or Fizzle out and Die?
The Occupy movement seems to be at a cross road, and quite frankly loosing steam. It is localized and fragmented and in many cases has regressed to become again an online movement of discontent. Despite the claims by organizers, very little has been accomplished. What could have been the strength of Occupy was its diversity, […]
Wake Up People: Your Life is an Open Book
Without warning, Microsoft, long considered the prince of evil for all things on the Internet, recently decided to be the good guy when it comes to protecting individual privacy on the Web. Microsoft added a Do Not Track embed to version 10 of its Internet Explorer browser. When someone uses it, it tells advertisers not […]
Obama or Romney: It Matters as much as Choosing Pepsi over Coke
Most Americans believe that they live in a democracy, which implies options to choose from. They still think that the United States has a two-party system with real differences between Democrats and Republicans. But in reality the very same non-elected people have been pulling the strings and making policy decisions for the sake of the […]
PTSD on Memorial Day
Memorial Day has come and gone for one more year, but our troops remain on the front lines. Remember, it is an all-volunteer force. Only 0.5 percent of the population in the United States serves in our armed forces. I will have more about that number in a moment. As this most reverent of weekend […]
