Many highly talented people are never attracted to government service. Government downsizing demoralizes & leads to personnel cutbacks...

I'm willing to believe Fukushima's engineers & scientists are doing everything possible to fix or limit problems at the stricken...

A smarmy weasel in Norway murdered some 77 people, mostly teenagers a generation younger than the killer. The dead were not directly known t...

Today is New York's first day allowing same gender couples to marry.     Congratulations ! From today's New York Times : "New...

Rupert Murdoch has positioned himself and his companies in a key nexus of power. Information is essential for democracy to function, and Mur...

Community is undermined by the incidents described below. It's painful to examine the assorted legal & ethical problems of Mrs. Gina...

Private bankers lend money & collect interest. They get more interest from weaker borrowers. When a borrower can't pay on time, the ...

When media baron Rupert Murdoch and son James Murdoch were invited to appear before the British House of Commons (Culture, Media and Sport ...

  Obama criticizing Alito: "... he consistently sides on behalf of the powerful against the powerless ; on behalf of a strong governme...

Corporate control of US politics is now threatened by a planned Wall Street invasion. Adbusters (link) invites activists to build a tent ...

Don't be a passive consumer, inhaling the smoke of corporate media & government spin while not yourself communicating. Passivity is...

The US national debt is in the daily news. Elite government officials reportedly spend many hours, day after day, discussing options for cut...

Friday, 8 July, the US House of Representatives passed a new Defense Spending Bill. Support was strong & bipartisan, the bill passed 336...

A key lie:       America = independence     but elsewhere, no I love independence. And I'm independent -- more than most people. I...

Bottom line of US government "economic downturn" policies:   government bailout   =   government subsidy Unfair elsewhere. - ...

  What slowed the Libyan anti-Gaddafi advance? --- Each rebel realized the foreign promise he'd be next Oil Minister was shared by ma...

Vignettes of life and experience seldom distill into verse a few fragments or better nothing? Yet even glimpses on paper cheer the unk...

The 3/11 disasters (earthquake, tsunami, nuclear accident of March 11th this year) have been - and will continue to be - pivotal for Japan. ...

We're bred to ignore power, as if it weren't there. But by understanding power, we're empowered. So beware of fraud & decept...

On the Nuclear Shoreline...     sealife suffers.

The Greek economy is in trouble; the population is agitating, trying to avoid financial pain, but their system allowed much unpaid excess - ...

The U.S. Federal Government is responsible for oversight in key areas such as nuclear power generation and regulating financial sectors. B...

Nuclear accident? You must act fast. All will be up to you - suddenly you'll need to protect health & save life. The early pro...

America wages three wars in distant lands. Many other US servant governments are in trouble with their people. Meanwhile at home, basic infr...

Thanks for Helping !           ...not !

The conquered delight in reflected greatness And know nothing of being oppressed. We learn to shun political debate Nervous to glimpse s...

Hawaii :   Still an American Colony, still in great distress ...

America created huge permanent war systems: beggaring U.S. communities, slaughtering & traumatizing military volunteers, destroying peop...

Large corporate powers suck out private profits when possible -- but when their speculation goes very poorly, they coerce politicians to use...