Month August 2002

Cellblocks or Classrooms? The Funding of Higher Education and Corrections and its Impact on African American Men Part of a summary from JusticePolicy.org. Spending on prisons is increasing fast while spending on education is declining fast. Background During a time in which…

George Bush, enemy of capitalism Why Bush Doesn’t Support Free Markets. The New Yorker’s James Surowiecki says “there are reasons to doubt” whether the Bush Administration really believes in free markets. He notes that although much was made of the…

Bush abdicates America’s global leadership role From the International Herald Tribune.  Strong words, from a world class newspaper, and indicative of how Europe views the neanderthals of the Bush Administration.  The US is losing support and credibility worldwide.  Strong allies?  Even Britain is twitchy about…

Halliburton’s recent financial disclosure has some interesting info Its subsidiaries alone take up pages — the co. is in over 140 nations…almost as many as at the Earth Summit II! The report states that its finances have been hurt by…