To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Playing Chicken
BY FROMA HARROP New polling by Rasmussen shows voters highly conflicted over which party to blame for our economic troubles and which is best able to end them. But Americans agree on one thing: The economy is lousy. And from that, we can reasonably deduce that they don’t want a lousier economy. Given such uncertainty, […]
The Terrorist Within
BY FROMA HARROP What you need to know about Michael C. Finton is that he parked a van in front of a federal building in Springfield, IL, believing it was loaded with explosives. He then twice made cell phone calls that he thought would detonate the bombs. Finton never made contact with any real al-Qaeda […]
The ObamaCare Repeal Game Is A Disgrace
BY FROMA HARROP The Republican majority in Congress has voted to kill the Affordable Care Act dozens of times. It’s done this knowing that President Obama would veto the bill, thus sparing members from the consequences. So obviously, it was always a game. It was posturing before a public that largely didn’t know what ObamaCare […]
Driving Under Influence Of Cellphones
BY FROMA HARROP Moving at a stately 30 miles an hour, the woman drove her tank-like vehicle right through the stop sign and almost through me as I crossed the street. Like the psychiatrist assigning mental illness at the mere sound of crazy shouting, I didn’t have to look at the motorist. I just knew […]
Net Neutrality Stands In Way Of Larger Corporate Profits
BY JIM HIGHTOWER When it comes to Internet Service Providers and high-speed Internet, the consumer marketplace has hardly been a model of competitiveness. Some of us are lucky enough to be able to choose from two providers, and some of us only have access to one. These digital conduits are essential parts of America’s utility […]
