Political blog survey
In the Inbox, from Tom Johnston My colleague Barbara Kaye (University of Tennessee) and I (Texas Tech) need your help. We are asking you if you would please publicize our survey about blogging and the Iraq War. Results from an…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Day May 16, 2007
Relentless rising prices
Corn prices are up 46% in a year in the US. Gas is over $4 a gallon retail in some areas now. In Guatemala, the price of corn is also soaring due to it being exported for use as biofuel…
Ohio AG seeks Wall St. tie to subprime fraud
Ohio’s attorney general said on Tuesday he won’t hesitate to file civil racketeering charges against Wall Street investment banks if his investigation finds they had a hand in fraudulent subprime lending. While this seems a bit tentative, no doubt there…
Global warming as capitalist conspiracy
Alexander Cockburn of CounterPunch says global warming is a plot by capitalists to bring back nuclear power. Louis Proyect says that’s ludicrous, saying he sounds like 9/11 conspiracists. This involves major leaps of the imagination. Just as I always found…
Stung by subprime mortgage collapse
Thousands of homes in the Sacramento CA area are fast becoming breeding areas for mosquitoes due to untended backyard swimming pools of homes for sale that have been on the market for months or are in foreclosure. Meanwhile, home builders…