To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
A Corporate Coup d’Etat
BY JIM HIGHTOWER When I was a tyke, Momma warned me not to eat anything unless I knew where it came from. That advice is so sensible that even Congress acted on it in 2002, passing a straightforward law called Country Of Origin Labeling. COOL requires meat marketers to tell us whether the meat they […]
What Killed The ‘American Sniper’?
BY FROMA HARROP The second-most jarring scene in American Sniper takes place not in the urban maze of wartime Iraq but in the domestic tranquility of Chris Kyle’s home in Texas. Disoriented after his fourth tour in the cauldron of Iraq, the heralded Navy SEAL is shown stalking his wife from room to room with […]
Rupert Is Right
Editor’s Note: Mitt Romney announced on Friday that he will not the presidency in 2016. BY SUSAN ESTRICH Mitt Romney and his allies are not very pleased with media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who this week said out loud what most political pros have been stewing about for years: Romney was a “terrible candidate.” The Wall […]
The Internet Of Every Damn Thing
BY FROMA HARROP Federal Trade Commission head Edith Ramirez put the matter plainly: “If I’m wearing a fitness band that tracks how many calories I consume, I wouldn’t want to share that data with an insurance company.” In a study last year, the FTC found that 12 mobile fitness apps shared information with 76 enterprises. […]
A Whining Wall Street Banker Pleas For Pity
BY JIM HIGHTOWER J.P. Morgan was recently socked in the wallet by financial regulators who levied yet another multi-billion dollar fine against the Wall Street baron for massive illegalities. Well, not a fine against John Pierpont Morgan, the man. This 19th Century robber baron was born to a great banking fortune and, by hook and […]