Two wars are racing toward us. Each will be global in scale. Each will bring unimaginable waves of suffering and destruction down upon the world’s people. One can be seen approaching now in the lightning of the protests in France, the massacre of teachers in Mexico, and the separation of Britain from the European Union.
Trump’s nondisclosure agreements are cause for concern. With the recent firing of his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump returns to the public’s attention the matter of his notorious employee nondisclosure agreements. These agreements, in turn, bring to our attention the profoundly anti-democratic ideas Trump fosters about what the public has a right to know
Multi-Level marketing has spread like wild fire across social media. The target market, young adults, are being enticed through the potential of large cash earnings with little to no education required before joining the programs. Through this article I will take an objective approach to these corporations in an attempt to shed light on whether
One of the most disturbing trends not just in the American legal system but in our culture is the lack of priority we place on issues impacting the economically disadvantaged within our society. One example of this is seen in our media. Seldom does one hear about the terrorist attack that occurred in Africa on
Senate Votes to Include Women in Selective Service The Senate Tuesday voted to require women to register with the Selective Service System, which would make them eligible for a future military draft. The measure comes in the form of an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 and passed the Senate
Obama Would Have Put Muhammad Ali in Jail Muhammad Ali was a bad man. He was a pretty man. He was the greatest of all time. He said so himself, and the man knew what he was talking about. The former heavyweight champion of the world died Friday of septic shock at a Scottsdale, Arizona
Death and a Donut. Every Memorial Day, our neighborhood association holds a parade. The weather, it seems, is always perfect, a high blue sky with a warm sun and a fresh breeze. For eight years, my daughters and I have walked the couple blocks to the same spot, sitting on the curb under a sugar
Ralph Nader encourages us to break through the power, and he believes we can do it. For more than fifty years, Ralph Nader has been a man on a mission. It was fifty years ago that the consumer advocate and erstwhile presidential candidate published his groundbreaking book, Unsafe at Any Speed. This http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/05/20/ralph-naders-democracy-crusadeweek, Nader celebrated
Left Is Right: Double-Thinking About Donald Trump. “To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them…” –George Orwell, 1984 Official American politics, the spectrum that runs from “ultra-liberal”
Now there is an agency rule that takes a bite out of mandatory arbitration clauses. And high time. Admit it. Sometimes, late at night, it’s just you and your laptop, and you get to feeling a little curious. Or maybe just bored. Either way, who hasn’t had the experience at least once of taking a