This is an update to “Where Have All The Protestors Gone” She was a young Hispanic woman from Puerto Rico. The first in her family to go to college. With no financial support from her family, she borrowed money — lots of it. When she graduated, she owed $30,000. But that wasn’t the end. She […]
Month: July 2017
Where Have All The Protestors Gone?
(For A Shorter Read Scroll Down To The BLUE FONT) “Where have all the soldiers gone Gone to graveyards, everyone Oh, when will they ever learn?” Ferment in the streets. College campuses ablaze with marches, demonstrations and sit-ins. It’s a blast from the past. In 1964, the first major demonstration […]
Clash of the Titans: Whole Foods, Amazon, and Walmart Mix It Up
(For a quicker shorter read scroll down to the BLUE FONT) Once upon a time there were three fat cat industry barons looking to beat each other to profit nirvana in the grocery business. First up John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods described by an ex-employee as a “nut.” As it turns out, […]
The War Comes Home: Violence and Death on America’s Streets
Police shoot woman who called 911 to report a suspected sexual assault outside her home. Another addition to the rapidly mounting toll of victims of police brutality. Whatever happened to “serve and protect?” To try and make sense of the bedlam on America’s streets, we are reprinting “The War Comes Home: Violence and Death on […]
The War Comes Home II: The Schoolyard Becomes a Militarized Zone
Update on: The War Comes Home: Violence and Death on America’s Streets America’s wars have come home and goose-stepped right into the public schools where armed police patrol the hallways, stand guard at entrances, and operate metal detectors from kindergarten to high school. As in the larger society where civil liberties are threatened or in some […]
Violence: As American as Apple Pie
The signs of a country at odds with itself are everywhere. Even the traditional American love affair with the open road has lethal consequences these days. Fatal road rage incidents have increased 10-fold since 2004. Fully 80% of motorists admit they’ve experienced significant rage behind the wheel. Recently a man, angered by the driver of […]
The War Comes Home: Violence and Death on America’s Streets
Police shoot woman who called 911 to report a suspected sexual assault outside her home. Another addition to the rapidly mounting toll of victims of police brutality. Whatever happened to “serve and protect?” To try and make sense of the bedlam on America’s streets, we are reprinting “The War Comes Home: Violence and Death on […]
The Unmasking of Justice Gorsuch
Updates to: Be Careful What You Wish For: More Magical Thinking in the Age of Trump/Gorsuch “Magical Thinking: Supreme Court Justices and the Presidents Who Pick Them” As the Supreme Court prepared to decamp for its summer hiatus, the flock of decisions they issued and the cases they agreed to hear in the Fall pretty […]
