John Quiggin blogs about a slap down of climate change skeptic Ian Plimer that ran in the Australian recently: In the Oz of all places, a demolition of…
I just finished watching THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, a fictional tale set in Uganda during the reign of Idi Amin (1971 – 1979). I know little about…
On a recent show, Jon Stewart said that he thought Harry Truman should have been tried as a war criminal for authorizing dropping nuclear bombs on the civilian…
clipped from www.thenation.com TAX TIME: Just in time for April 15, the folks at the Institute for Policy Studies have released a report that documents the stunning generation-long…
NYT has an article about how the “Global Climate Coalition, a group representing industries with profits tied to fossil fuels, led an aggressive lobbying and public relations campaign…
I’ll admit that, until now, I’ve never wondered much about where money comes from. However, after watching this video, I am totally fascinated by the concepts it explores.…
Business Week has an article about the Cuban embargo that contains the following line: “Castro has been able to spin the embargo as evidence of “cruel” U.S. policies…
OMFG. Last night I did a live show with my most-excellent co-host Mr Nick Hodge and WE TALKED FOR FOUR HOURS. I kid you not. I only recorded…
Bill Moyers sits down with William K. Black, the former senior regulator who cracked down on banks during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. Black offers…
“(Karl Marx is) the most accurate prophet in all of history, there should be no doubt about this.” – Richard Metzger, written on Boing Boing. I hope the…