| Mar 15, 2010 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracySallie Mae isn’t one of those girls who’re made of “sugar and spice and everything nice.” Well, she is filled with sugar, but it comes from you and me, thanks to a longtime sweetheart deal she has from the federal government. Sallie is the...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthWhen health and profit Meet and clash, Never bet Against the cash. America’s No. 1 growth industry is health care. No one has yet found No. 2. This preeminent role is not due to deadly epidemics, environmental meltdown, or massive public education. It’s...
| Mar 8, 2010 | Economy / BusinessWhen I was a lad, growing up in the shadow of the Ford Rouge plant in Detroit, Japan was known for the manufacture of junky products–cheap knickknacks and toys that broke in your hand. With World War II, Japanese products disappeared, leaving some of us to...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyAs you’ve probably heard, corporations are now “people.” While these inanimate paper constructs have no brain, heart, or soul, five ideological screwballs on our Supreme Court have created a new Frankenstein monster. Five Supremes decreed that...
| | 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....
