Ecological debt: no way back from bankrupt
While most governments’ eyes are on the banking crisis, a much bigger issue – the environmental crisis – is passing them by, says Andrew Simms. In the Green Room this week, he argues that failure to...
View ArticleNew Fla Law Would Disenfranchise Elderly, Minorities, Others.
Courtesy The NYTimes: Since 2000, Florida has been synonymous with badly run and undemocratic elections. This distinction has not come to it by chance. Many of the state’s election officials and...
View ArticleCongressional GOPers Fought Pandemic Prep
When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year’s...
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Netroots Nation Day One (D.O.A.)
Due to circumstances beyond the network’s control. Our coverage of Netroots Nation is a non starter. Your conversation network went to this event with high hopes. We’ve been thwarted at every turn....
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Looking For Work in A Cavalcade of Crazy – Part 1
It is with pride that I present the first of a serialized account of my recent adventures in the electrifying 21st Century Amusement Park. No, I don’t mean the ride in the Large Hadron Collider...
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Looking For Work in A Cavalcade of Crazy – Part 2
As the story began to unfold, Ross Perot had developed a way to materialize, or astral-project himself anywhere he desired, complete with ubiquitous briefcase, charts and graphs. The procedure...
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Looking For Work In A Cavalcade Of Crazy– Part 4
PART FOUR Ross started in without preamble. “Reverbo, what is the domestic industry probably least likely to suffer for the foreseeable future?” A relevant question, to be sure. “Slim-Jim production,...
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