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Sustainable Middle Class
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Sustainable economic and environmental policies. Living wage and fair taxation. Renewable energy and equal opportunity. Health care and quality education for all.
Recent Posts
Ethical Guidelines for the Political Blogosphere
For popular bloggers who actually have online conversations with their readers, Tom Ricks offers the following set of “rules of the road.” These rules are badly needed and, if implemented, could do for the political blogosphere what moder...
Graham Flunks History: Noriega Tried in Federal Court
“We’re making history, bad history.” – Senator Lindsey Graham Last week, in the wake of the Justice Department’s decision to try alleged 911 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a New York federal court, Senator Lindse...
The Right-wing’s Fear of Constitutional Law
Could somebody please explain why military commissions are not a slippery slope to martial law? In the Senate, Republicans Kyle and Graham have raised an outcry over Attorney General Holder’s decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) in feder...
We Must Break Up the Banks
North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan has it right, as follows: Dorgan said 3 things are needed to fix the financial system: One is to separate investment banks and FDIC-insured banks. Second, prohibit FDIC-insured banks from dealing in risky financial i...
Murdoch’s Empire Sued for Discrimination
Sandra Guzman (right), former senior editor at the New York Post, has filed a suit against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire News Corporation and the Post for “a litany of racist and sexist behavior,” according to the Guardian. Guzman ...
Wind, Solar, Geothermal Beat Coal, Nuclear, and Biofuels
If you can carve out an hour, this presentation by Mark Jacobson, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford, is well worth it. Renewables can supply the world’s energy demand many times over. Jacobson lays out the data and c...

