How about High-Speed Buses?

| Mar 8, 2010 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyTrains are fun, But too much fuss; How about A high-speed bus? America doesn’t lend itself to speedy trains. Aside from the crowded Northeast corridor and maybe California, its cities are too small and too far apart. The paying public just isn’t there....
Avatar’s History Lesson

Avatar’s History Lesson

| Mar 4, 2010 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThis article was originally published in Common Dreams. Like Barack Obama, Avatar has become a Rorschach test for the times in which we live. Everyone interprets it their own way. Nominated for nine Oscars, it’s already the highest-grossing film of all...

I Play an Objective Expert on TV

| Mar 1, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyWhen you’re cruising past the cable news channels, do you ever find yourself wondering who are those folks pontificating on TV chat shows? A new investigation provides some answers—along with lots of questions about what the cable channels are hiding from...

Let’s Rein In Tax Cheats

| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe government’s treatment of UBS banking whistleblower Brad Birkenfeld, who is credited with shattering Swiss bank secrecy and revealing massive tax evasion by Americans, has alarmed government accountability advocates nationwide. Birkenfeld is the only person...