| Apr 5, 2010 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingLet’s talk chicken. I don’t mean clucking and cock-a-doodle-dooing, but the power of the bird. Most people hear the word “chicken” and immediately think: “Dinner!” Some commercial interests in Georgia, however, think:...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthPower makers Rarely care, If their work Pollutes our air. Everyone knows by now that coal is evil and we should stop generating electricity with it. We know about oil, too. We wisely don’t want to drill for it in our own precious soil or waters because of...
| | Economy / BusinessIn my community we’re facing severe cuts in schools and elder services, and our local public library and community recreation center will soon close. Yet our local property taxes and fees are rising. Why are we paying more and getting less for it? Each year as Tax Day...
| | Economy / BusinessAs much as liberals would wish it otherwise, Joe Stack, the fellow who flew his plane into an IRS building in Austin, TX, was no right-wing nutcase. And despite the fervent prayers of right-wing ranters, neither was he a leftist space cadet. He was instead a...
| Mar 29, 2010 | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthDid you ever notice how it works? Sell your cousin a joint for some harmless fun and you both end up in jail. But manufacture cigarettes that kill tens of thousands of people and not only do you earn billions of dollars, you avoid all risk of hard time. Lawsuits may...
| | Economy / BusinessIt was one of those bold policy decisions made by President George “The Decider” Bush. In 2005, to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, Bush directed that an electronic “virtual fence” be built to detect “bad guys” trekking into our...
