Tent City in the Promised Land
On this Christmas Day, there are many with not much to be merry about. The photo is from an excellent Reuters article on a tent city in the Inland Empire, which is ground zero in southern California (maybe the nation)…
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.
Month December 2007
Peace on earth. Antiwar Santa
(ANSWER LA. Dec. 2005 street demo)
USSR collapse as a model?
Jim Kuntsler contrasts the collapse of the USSR vs. the collapse he sees coming here, and thinks maybe Russians were better prepared than we will be. The comparison with the American situation is chilling. For all its gross faults, the…
Largest US solar-electric plant is online
And it’s on an Air Force base. Hey, the military played a major role in the funding and development of the early Internet. Let’s hope they can help do the same for renewable energy too. The more development that is…
The problems on the Left
From Zmag, talking about how the major presidential candidates represent pro-war positions. Where does this leave those of us who still see the occupation of Iraq as empire’s most vulnerable point—a key part in the puzzle to build a more…