| Mar 29, 2010 | 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...
| Mar 22, 2010 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyLike the five-man majority of Supreme Court justices, perhaps you’ve been worried sick over the possibility that corporations just don’t have enough power over our government. If so, let me soothe your fevered brow by showing that election spending is just...
| Mar 8, 2010 | 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...
| Feb 15, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyA recent Supreme Court decision may mark a turning point for our democracy. The decision on Citizens United vs. Federal Elections Commission could have been relatively limited. When it first arrived at the Supreme Court, it only required the Court to decide whether...
| Feb 1, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyIn days of yore they called them the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death—the scourges of humankind. They’re still around, but now they carry new names: Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Kennedy—the conservative...
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