Wealthy Nick Hanauer warns fellow rich people : pitchforks are coming for America's economic elite !   He claims rising inequality ...

Too many Americans have never heard of the "boiled frog" phenomenon - we sit quietly while opportunists harvest our resources, dr...

We the people are miniFolk (mF) - a mass of trouble, vermin Some qualify as miniVoters (mV) To mock democracy : Prefer poverty?  (or)...

Egyptian ruler Abdel Fitta el-Sisi, "King Crook of Cairo" is dubbed "Sisi The Assassin" for butchering thousands of his...

There is far too much mechanical speculation in our financial system. It's an area ripe for taxation - in part because when speculators...

Hillary Clinton has been at the pinnacle of the crony power elite for more than 20 years. In that long time, she ain't done shit. No - ...

Why should a malnourished child in Burundi, Africa, hate fatties Avigdor Lieberman & Bibi Netanyahu? Can men & women who selflessly...

UK Prime Minister David Cameron dislikes (link) how Europe selects leaders - but his outburst undercuts his own long-serving British sover...

US House Majority Leader Republican Eric Cantor lost his Virginia primary election to an underfunded, little known opponent. Republican Par...

The BBC slyly mentions (link) that lame-duck Swedish PM Fredrik Reinfeldt is jockying to be appointed head of the European Commission. ...

South Korea has a vibrant democracy. But democratic processes are seriously threatened by organized right-wing efforts to stifle & shif...

Last week I visited the Samsung Electronics flagship showroom building in Gangnam, South Korea. Inside, it was cool and modern, with many h...

The poor performance of the Obama administration began in the reign of his predecessor, Emperor George W. Bush, when America's leadersh...

The Anglo-American press smells blood, and has redoubled its trash talking of Europe, the EU, the euro, etc. Recognize the European Unio...

John Kerry, the U.S. Secretary of State, urges others to "man up" - while he himself peddles shit . Kerry proved courageous in ...

Just watched a string of TV show commercials, and saw a remarkable trend. A lot of shows depict "public servants" - government ...

Just reread a BBC article ( link here ) that looks at Chernobyl's radiation poisoning as a joyful bonanza for the animal world. Headl...

Another bit of news from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where four local-focused radio stations were recently bought by Clear Channel, "the ...

The recent sinking of the MV Sewol  in Korea ( 세월호침몰사고 ) was a terrible disaster. Over 260 people drowned unnecessarily. Most of the trappe...

The FCC is presently under the control of Tom Wheeler, a former industry lobbyist. Wheeler's trying to eviscerate & destroy the con...

I can sympathize with an argument that creative & productive people should be paid for their efforts, and how society vitally needs suc...

There's reportedly an upswell in Egypt against US/UK-trained  military strongman Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Surely the violence el-Sisi un...

Like a dumb kid prodding at his or her injury, I look again at the U.S. Government. Certainly there are hundreds of thousands of governme...

A beautiful Spring day - birds chirping, smells of grass & flowers on a soft breeze. Who wants to think about politics? So dirty, inc...

Yesterday Japan began construction of a new military base some 6o miles from Taiwan on Yonaguni Island (link) , roughly 400 miles southwest...

This is a follow-up to my earlier post, Japan is Good (link) After two weeks in Japan, here are some negative findings: -- Most bus s...

After two weeks in Japan, here are a few positive impressions: -- So many flowering trees! In the parks, in people's gardens, along m...

Reading masses of arguments & 'reports' by left-wing journalists & candy-ass lefty bloggers,  99% boils down to being clue...

La brièveté et ... Une belle histoire collective Maintenant, sakura !