Shocked and Disappointed

Shocked and Disappointed

| Nov 28, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyIn the spirit of the holiday season I have a gift for you: a freshly minted Herman Cain joke. Q: Mr. Cain, what about Libya? A: I never laid a hand on her. But life isn’t all jokes and foolishness. It just seems that way when you’re dealing with politics....
Luck Matters

Luck Matters

| Nov 14, 2011 | Economy / BusinessIn their unbending opposition to raising a penny more in taxes from even the wealthiest Americans — even in the midst of a government debt crisis and shrinking public budgets — extremist politicians paint all rich people as self-made, entrepreneurial “job...
The Class War is So Over

The Class War is So Over

| | Economy / BusinessWe’ve fought hard, ‘Gainst foreign foes; It’s our own rich, Who cause our woes. Between 1979 and 2007, the after-tax household income of America’s most affluent 1 percent ballooned by 275 percent, while the bottom 20 percent’s income...