“We can no longer pretend that the creation of wealth for a few will inevitably benefit the many – too often the reverse is true.” ~Jeremy Hobbs - Executive Director, Oxfam International It’s amazing how many people fail to understand the significance of income inequality; some view income inequality as somehow the result of an individual [...]

Since American politicians are completely beholden to the Israeli lobby and the interests of Israel before America’s interests – it is my hope and dream that the whole of Europe will boycott and divest from Israel made products.  I can’t believe that America funds this behavior to the tune of $3 billion a year.  But [...]

The Republican strategy to grow the economy can be summed up very easily: tax cuts for the rich and cutting Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid.  THAT is their plan.  For the longest time – they talked about “smaller government” and “cutting government spending” but what they really meant was the need to cut important safety [...]

The Cayman Islands has been just one of a handful of countries which are primarily used for tax evasion by exploiting the tax code and the protections of foreign governments.  As a British territory – their laws are very much under the influence of what Britain does and doesn’t want.  Which makes it all the [...]

If a picture says 1,000 words, what does 100 pictures say?  Beautiful accompanying music to the pictures. My conscience forbids me to watch the Palestinian people being the victims of a brutal occupation.  The reality is that this is all the responsibility of the Jewish people now.  They’re electing this government and if they want [...]

The Dow Jones average is as good an indicator of the economy as any; it’s made up of 30 of the largest corporations covering a diverse array of industries (source).  It’s always interesting to watch the conservative argument that somehow President Obama has created an environment that is anti-business and hurt economic growth; it seems [...]

Americans in general haven’t anymore understanding of science and the products of science than their elected representatives. Sounds like there’s some correlation, eh? Ignorant people electing incompetent politicians. It’s only been a century or so since vaccines have become the success they are at preventing deadly disease. Yet, religious pundits in the United States are [...]

Only one in five Americans think that America’s war on drugs has been worth the costs, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. According to the new poll, 53 percent of Americans say that the war on drugs has not been worth the costs, while only 19 percent say it has been. Another 28 percent are [...]

CVS – the once thought of drug and convenience store will now be known as the store that defends its manager’s rights to kill shoplifters…even those that are caught taking a single tube of toothpaste. Death for toothpaste. Would anyone ever exchange $5.00 toothpaste tube for their life? This incident occurred in Chicago back in 2010. [...]

Click on image to make it larger. “It seems as though what is motivating this from the House Republicans is more than debt reduction. They have a vision about what government should and should not do.  They are suspicious about government policy commitments to make sure that seniors have decent health care as they grow [...]