Teenager Trayvon Martin was reportedly stalked & shot dead in Florida. His attacker misread the situation, acted hastily (perhaps he was...

Went to a seminar this evening about Migration & Identity (thank you Michelle Mann). A key consideration is determining what is successf...

A healthy society is impossible without health care for all. The US system is horrible. Obama's reforms preserve the medical professio...

Dick Cheney take heart. Cheney's new heart is sure to get tongue's wagging. Did the old heart wither through misuse? Was love of ...

Occupy has been beaten-down, gassed & subdued. But the war isn't over. What's next may be more dangerous . Violence...

I'd never heard of Jason Russell before he was reported to have run naked in daytime San Diego, yelling incoherently about the devil and...

Prison assignments for The Pirate Bay convicts have been finalized by the Swedish government. The four founders of the guide, which lists b...

The recent slaughter of 16 Afghan civilians in Kandahar is notable as a lesson in misplaced sympathy and lack of contrition. Sure, US govern...

Why could Catherine Greig, girlfriend of mobster Whitey Bulger, avoid giving evidence in open court? Corruption continues between the US ...

Dick "Chickenhawk" Cheney cancelled a planned speaking engagement in Toronto next month, evading possible apprehension for human r...

The BBC reports today that "more than 8000 people" have died in Syria over the past year, including many women & children. In...

The limited liability corporation is a way capitalists exploit good times while abandoning responsibility when gambling incorrectly. Can we ...

On 11 March 2011, a severe earthquake shook Japan's Tohoku region. The quakes & subsequent tsunami killed 20,000 people and damaged ...

I grew up in a loving home. We discussed politics, often heatedly. My family's wide ranging policy suggestions reflect deep-rooted diffe...

Here's an image of northeast Ohio's new Congressional redistricting. The red letters & colors show the nutty gerrymandered distr...

Attorney General Eric Holder, head of the US Department of Justice, tried to justify assassinating America's enemies (link) . But the ki...

  Andrew Breitbart (link) is dead. Should Breitbart be eulogized as pitiful, or troubled, or heroic? Dead at 43, he leaves behind a war...

I've just left the beautiful island of Maui, a place made ugly by electric & telephone cables strung willy-nilly over dramatic lands...

Too many people wait for political leaders to improve their community. The wait is long & largely fruitless. Politics in the USA is th...

"More Jobs" are promised Americans by political candidates. But it's bullshit. Who will hire in substantial numbers? Nobody...

Look carefully at scum selling services to USA's wealthy boss class. Newt Gingrich is one cheap butt-boy, Mr. Mitt another. Senator Joe ...

Corporate America, represented by both major parties, is close to breakdown. Most American people (99%) are an afterthought, a costly line i...

Newt Gingrich, Jack Abramoff, Dick Cheney & assorted other crooked scum have dragged the American people into tragedy. They blame others...

Corporate TV news in America is outrageous. US TV news is deliberately designed to mislead & confuse the electorate. Work in your own ...

Photos & films of cocky Nazi SS troopers rounding up & brutalizing the innocent in Europe have helped our world grow away from those...

There should be no banker immunity. Their crimes cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Their donations have corrupted government. Tens of mi...

Mitt Romney is a self-absorbed rich weasel. In Mitt Romney's America, normal people with normal jobs are losers. Mitt Romney claims he...

Israel, the USA, and their satellite governments failed imposing new UN sanctions on Syria. Now chest-pounding & bleating about violence...

Peace in the midst of strife. Calm in the throes of struggle. Ability to refocus & "will to chill" are prerequisites to sustai...

A financial transaction tax would calm rampant machine trading and defuse otherwise unlimited speculation. Our homes and jobs and communitie...