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Two Heads Aren’t Always Better than One
The corporate propensity for rationalizing the irrational in the pursuit of profit appears to be boundless. Consider J.R. Simplot, a giant agribusiness conglomerate whose phosphate mining operations in Idaho have grossly polluted creeks with selenium, a highly toxic metal.
Gender Gap
This Economy Stinks Worse than You Think
David Kocieniewski just won the Pulitzer Prize for his in-depth reporting on the loopholes that the richest Americans and corporations routinely exploit to minimize their tax bills. Congratulations to him! But most of his counterparts covering economics and business are a bunch of lapdogs.
The Lineup: Week of April 16-22, 2012
Raul A. Reyes says that choosing Marco Rubio as Romney’s runningmate wouldn’t make Latino voters swoon.
Pothole Nation
Overall, U.S. infrastructure spending has declined dramatically. Back in 1968, federal outlays for basic infrastructure amounted to 3.3 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product. Last year, federal infrastructure investments made up only 1.3 percent of GDP.
Rubio’s False Promise
Sen. Marco Rubio will release his memoir, “An American Son” in June. In what his publisher is billing as an inspirational story, the Florida Republican writes about his family’s emigration from Cuba, and details the sacrifices that his working-class parents made so he could succeed.
Let’s Protect Children, Not Guns
The Children’s Defense Fund dedicated our report Protect Children, Not Guns 2012 to the memory of Trayvon Martin and the thousands of other children and teenagers killed by guns in America. Guns killed a total of 5,740 kids in 2008 and 2009, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
If Congress passed stronger laws and closed loopholes, it would save lives.
High-Speed Collusion
The iPad3. The Kindle Fire. The Galaxy Nexus. It seems like every few months an amazing new wireless device is unveiled. Consumers benefit from all this wireless innovation. However, the foundation for this success — a competitive market for high-speed Internet access — is in serious jeopardy.
Breathing While Black
The radical conservative majority of the Supreme Court delivered yet another bizarre opinion the other week. It ruled that police and jail officials can strip search anyone arrested for anything, no matter how minor the violation or how upstanding the suspect.
The GOP’s Money Man
Not only is Mitt Romney the GOP’s rich-man candidate for president, but his last name actually spells “money.” Just drop the “R,” move the “m” in front of the “o” — and there it is! In fact, put the “R” in parentheses and you’ve got “(Republican) Money.”
