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Trojan Drug Horse
Monroe Doctrine 2.0
Exerting neocolonial power isn’t easy. The politics often turn brutal, and torture was long a favorite technique of America’s dictator friends to keep themselves in power. Fashions change however, and now murder is the enforcement vehicle of choice. It’s especially aimed at labor leaders and journalists.
The Lineup: Week of October 25-31, 2010
In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Donald Kaul muses about this year’s “screwball” elections and William A. Collins calls for making the rich pay taxes instead of averting them with sneaky yet routine ploys.
Mapping Global Wealth
Despite our global economic hard times, the world has more than enough wealth to ensure every adult on the planet a significant nest egg.
Reaching the Boiling Point
President Barack Obama recently announced plans to modernize our crumbling roads, rails, and airports while providing jobs for the construction industry. While we certainly need to fix our nation’s transportation infrastructure, there’s another form of infrastructure begging for a similar level of attention in the United States: that for our water.
I’m a Genetic Lottery Winner–Tax Me!
I am one of those lucky Americans who won the genetic lottery. That is, I was born rich. And believe it or not, my family’s business success happened because of–not in spite of–our country’s progressive tax system.
Public TV? It Would Be a Good Idea
Asked by a reporter what he thought of Western civilization, Mahatma Gandhi supposedly replied, “I think it would be a good idea.” The same could be said about U.S. public television.
The Year of the Screwball
This is going to go down as the Year of the Screwball Election. Never before have so many nutcases, whackos, and practicing lunatics come out of their caves to run for public office.
Is Free Speech just for Corporations?
The big brand-name corporations love advertising. They love it so much that they spend some $170 billion a year in our country to put all sorts of slicken and hokum on their products, and on their own public image.
Private Broadcasting
