"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
My recent article for the California Independent Voter Network uses the misleadingly named and just-approved for ballot California Jobs Initiative as an example of how the proposition system is broken. It was meant to be a way of exercising direct…
FastCompany Paul English, who cofounded travel search engine Kayak.com, wants to blanket Africa with free and low-cost Wi-Fi by partnering with local telcos. JoinAfrica would have a free tier of servive with basic email and browsing but no heavy bandwidith…
The Big Picture notes the raging Greek riots against the budget cuts and says the tepid response seen today from US workers wasn’t always that way. Prior to the current era, Americans did occasionally take to the streets. 600 Iowa…
Forensic Colleges has the list with some video, including riots I’d never heard about, like the NY draft riots of 1863. 1. New York draft riots (July 13-16, 1863) The backdrop: New York stood with the Union when the Civil…
This is the second in a series of posts written by D. J. Mitchell and Susan Cain. In the video above, a follower of the Rainbow Warrior movement merges the well-known words of Chief Seattle with prophesies from Hopi and…