| Apr 4, 2011 | Economy / BusinessEmployers have reported the income all Americans earn from regular jobs to the Internal Revenue Service since World War II. Starting this year, U.S. taxpayers and their brokers finally have to do the same thing with the income earned from capital gains. This smart...
| | Rights / DemocracyPoor Detroit. The bad news never stops. The once-proud miracle of capitalism is the urban equivalent of a homeless family living under a bridge, digging in dumpsters for scraps. Having already gone through its “Crime Capital” phase, it has become the...
| | Economy / BusinessThe corporate chieftains who’ve relentlessly pushed American factories and middle-class jobs offshore rationalize this globalization of production by declaring that it’s all about efficiency, as though that’s the highest value to which a civilization...
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| | Peace / SecurityCheers for freedom On your soil; As long as we Still get your oil. It’s a tricky time to be secretary of state. You have to praise democracy out one side of your mouth while promoting “stability” out the other. You praise democracy because...