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Raking it in at Walmart
Chicago alderman Ed Smith tried to fight plans for Walmart to open a new store in his city by illustrating that its CEO Michael Duke’s $35 million annual compensation, “when converted to an hourly wage, worked out to $16,826.92,” ABC News reported. “By comparison, at a Walmart store planned for the Windy City’s Pullman neighborhood, new employees to be paid $8.75 an hour would gross $13,650 a year.”
The Lineup: Week of July 5-12, 2010
Here’s what you’ll find in the latest OtherWords editorial package, which features a Donald Kaul column and Khalil Bendib cartoon on the futility of the Afghanistan War and an op-ed about the “passion investments” of the how the ultra-rich.
Narco-Subs: Another Reason Why the Drug War is Futile
Here’s the latest evidence that the so-called War on Drugs simply can’t be won: Narco subs.
Letters to the Editor: Kaul’s $50 Bill Column
Here’s how our readers have responded to Kaul’s column back in April about conservatives attempting to replace Grant with Reagan on the $50 bill.
Pentagon Plans $100 Billion in Spending Cuts
It finally looks like the Pentagon isn’t immune to Washington’s deficit-reduction fever.
Petroleum and Silly Putty on the Menu
Supreme Court Rules Against Crime-Fighting
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling that defined the Second Amendment as the right to keep handguns in homes is ironic.
The Lineup: Week of June 28-July 4, 2010
Here’s what you’ll find in this week’s OtherWords editorial package, which features a Donald Kaul column on Rep. Joe Barton’s foot-in-mouth problem and a Martha Burk op-ed about a potential threat to Social Security. The cartoon accompanies the op-ed by Philip Mattera about BP’s weak corporate ethics. You can get it all in your inbox by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. If you haven’t signed up yet, please do.
Who Should Pay for the Crisis?
The financial and economic crisis we’re enduring is extremely costly. America faces a critical choice: Who should pay the bill?
It’s Time for Israel to End the Gaza Siege
Why would the Israeli navy commandeer boats carrying collapsible wheelchairs and bags of cement to the Gaza Strip? Israel says that the aid convoys are trying to “break the blockade” of the densely populated Palestinian enclave. But why is there a blockade in the first place?
