"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Observation #3: Identifying an outside enemy gives leaders the ability to control inside events. A war is never about what they say it’s about: often it’s about something entirely different. In Sri Lanka, the 24-year war with the LTTE has…
From the Ecosocialist manifesto The capitalist world system is historically bankrupt. It has become an empire unable to adapt, whose very gigantism exposes its underlying weakness. It is, in the language of ecology, profoundly unsustainable, and must be changed fundamentally,…
There are 324 cases of biofuel facilities causing pollution – and that’s just in Iowa. A whole bunch of people, it appears, are unclear of the meanings of “green” and “clean.” Most of that Iowa biofuel is no doubt being…
They could lose $6 billion. Gosh, weren’t the investment banks (who spawned the subprime mess in the first place) saying just a few months ago that everything was fine, that the subprime thing was just a tempest in a teapot?…
Observation #2: In war, there’s always someone on all sides who benefits. In politics, they say “Follow the money.” In analyzing a conflict, the concept is similar: look for who benefits. There’s almost always some group or person that benefits…