Another brick in the wall: In the midst of a seemingly worldwide occupation-movement, science may have confirmed the protesters’ worst fears. Reportedly, about 147 super-connected corporations — out of 43,000 studied in recent research —…
Even as the wide-spreading Occupy Wall Street movement enters its second month, a major protest point has been nearly forgotten, or at least hasn’t been placed near/at the top of the list — climate change.…
Such a great graph — and a great h/t The Big Picture. (Illustration found here). I hope the graph is readable — if not, it originates from Spiegel Online at the link just above. One…
(Illustration found here). As the entire world gears itself into the mesh of the Occupy Wall Street movement today — marching on Broadway en route to police headquarters last month, the photo above depicts the…
Another version of an international tall tale popped up this week with the initially alarming news of an official Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador at a DC restaurant via Mexican drug cartel gunmen.…
Yesterday, I put another $20 worth of gas in the old Jeep with the pump price down now to $3.99 a gallon for regular — a dime drop since the last time we visited a…
One thing that aggravates me to no end is George Jr. — the man can’t really disappear because of all the horror he left behind haunts the entire planet. Now he’s afraid US troops don’t…
Mr. Bush had belittled “nation building†while campaigning for president 18 months earlier. But aware that Afghans had felt abandoned before, including by his father’s administration after the Soviets left in 1989, he vowed to…
“How can we let this happen? How is that acceptable in the United States of America? The answer is, it’s not. It’s an outrage. And it’s a betrayal — a betrayal — of the ideals…
Nearly as Pink Floyd intoned more than 30 years ago: “Is Anybody Out There?” the noted follow-up nowadays: Is anybody listening, or paying attention? A surge is rippling through US financial districts as the Occupy…