California prisons The California Three Strikes and You’re Out law is one of the harshest, if not the harshest, in the nation.  Under Three Strikes, a third felony conviction can, and often does, mean life without parole no time off for good…

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…

This just in – Bush says he may follow the law! Yessiree, even though the Constitution says that only Congress has the right to declare war, Dubys says, golly, he may ask them.  May… Bush May Request Congress’s Backing on…