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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Riding The Rails
BY BOB D. ROUNSAVELL
Margaret Mead, a world-renowned cultural anthropologist of the 20th Century, observed life as constant process and summed it thus: “Never doubt...
Wall Street Rewards Ben And Tim For Stiffing You
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Not only has the Wall Street bailout restored the banksters who wrecked [and are still wrecking] our economy to full prosperity but it’s also paying off very handsomely for the bank overseers who orchestrated the bailout. Perhaps you’ve been wondering: How are good ol’ Ben and Little Timmy doing these days? Extremely […]
Stacked Deck
Review by John R. Wood
A FIGHTING CHANCE
By Elizabeth Warren
Henry Holt & Co.
384 pages, $28
It seems that junior Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is taking over...
Hypocrisy In High Places
BY DON NELSON
Not to oversimplify it but when I think of government I have this image: at the top the federal government, then state...
Education: The Real Job Creator
BY SHARON MARTIN
“Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys,” Waylon Jennings sang. “Don’t let them pick guitars and drive them old...