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“Imagine”: A Simple Plan for World Peace
2048: Humanity's Agreement to Live Together by J. Kirk Boyd Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2010 The first time I heard John Lennon's “Imagine,” I was a high school kid with …
Bill Moyers | James Kwak and Simon Johnson: Banks Are an Oligarchy
Moyers and economists James Kwak and Simon Johnson wonder whether the financial powers are more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever.
Why Sharks Should Not Own Sport
As Tiger Woods returns to golf, not all his affairs are salacious headlines. In Dubai, the Tiger Woods Golf Course in Dubai is costing $100 million to build. Dubai …
Senator Specter Takes On Wall Street Bankers
Washington - Sen. Arlen Specter said Thursday that he'd hold a hearing next month to examine Wall Street firms' potential conflicts of interest when they secretly bet against products …
What the Doomsayers Haven’t Been Telling You About Greece
The recent battle over health care reform in the United States, in which the Obama administration was barely able to pass weak reform, is just further proof of how …
I’m Not Shedding Any Tears for Daryl Gates
The former Los Angeles police chief, Daryl Gates, who died last Friday of cancer at his home in California, is being widely credited in mostly laudatory newspaper obituaries as …
Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace: The J Street Balancing Act
On the alphabetically named streets of Washington, DC, there is no J Street; the naming jumps from I to K. Legend has it that this is the result of …
David Sirota | Clinton’s Contrition
In 1992, I was in 10th grade. Hence, I didn't care about much more than the girls I could never get, the Philadelphia 76ers' playoff chances and the shortcomings …
Cheating US Workers
Hundreds of thousands of workers are being cheated by US employers who blatantly violate the laws that are supposed to guarantee those workers decent wages, hours and working conditions. …
Obama’s Warnings About a Looming Financial Crisis Come Back to Haunt Bernanke
For those accustomed at looking into the memory hole, President Barack Obama's pitch to Wall Street bankers Thursday on backing a tough financial reform package currently winding its way …