by Our Readers | Oct 20, 2011 | News
Wall Street Occupation a Work in Progress The pundits and mainstream media analysts may be viewing the Wall Street Occupation with myopic intent, perhaps because the “news cycle” is so limited in its scope and imagination, and the protesters are not yet...
by Stephanie Kraft | Sep 29, 2011 | News
The Census Bureau just informed us that in 2010, we had 46.2 million people living in poverty—the highest number since 1959, when the census began keeping track of economic status. The figure is up .8 percent (14.3 percent to 15.1 percent) from 2009, and...
by Our Readers | Oct 20, 2011 | News
Racing to the Bottom In poker, the winners don’t always have the best hands. They get an edge by having good information and knowing not to chase after a big score when the odds are against them. In proposing casinos and slot machine ventures, Gov. Patrick and...
by Stephanie Kraft | Sep 29, 2011 | News
When he saw the airplanes flying into the Twin Towers, Mike Gravel went into a three-day depression. “It wasn’t because of the loss of life, though that was bad enough,” he says. “My concern was what this would do to the American psyche.”...
by Stephanie Kraft | Oct 20, 2011 | News
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has done it again: exposed simple facts that show how the American financial system works, and how it needs to be corrected. Most recently an audit of the secretive Federal Reserve, requested by Sanders and others but most vocally...
