political

When the boardroom took over the newsroom sometime in the 80s we lost an (the?) essential safeguard to our democracy and freedom. Where is the fearless journalism that brought down…

If we happen to benefit from “lucky sperm” and achieve some universally-accepted standard of living in this world (like enough to eat and a color tv), shouldn’t we have a…

While the rest of the world holds the written Constitution of the USA – if not the application of that Constitution – as the model for democracy, in this country…

At long last, America seems poised to take its real place in the community of nations. Not as the autocratic head prefect so many of its citizens seem to consider apt, but…

Each week on our planet, humans are given 168 hours of life. Let’s generously grant that the average American spends eight hours per day asleep – a cumulative total of 56 hours…

Neo-colonialism of the third world by tourist dollars has been acknowledged by the first world for some time. But the stranglehold Western money has on third world economies is much…

THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY ON EARTH.  OR 5770 IF YOU ARE AN OBSERVANT JEW.  1432 IN THE ISLAMIC    CALENDAR.  5000+ FOR HINDUS.  HOWEVER YOU COUNT THE YEARS THE POINT…