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In 2007-2008 conservative “establishment” Democrats, plus feminists, had a clear choice: Hillary. Self-proclaimed progressives could hear echoes of their sentiments in John Edwards. And then there was Barack Obama, inspirational speaker without peer. Yes, he seemed more conservative than Edwards, but perhaps that was just caution, an appeal to the broad middle of an electorate […]

and from a very intelligent software engineer in India: Wisdom of the uncivilized crowds Jan. 28th, 2010 at 8:55 AM Picture this: A remote indian village in the Ganges delta a few hundred years ago. The farmer starts his day by letting his flock of ducks into his irrigated fields. The water from the river […]

I learned to speak Spanish in the Baker district. I moved into an apartment where I ws the only American citizen. I tuned the radio and TV to Spanish only, studied the grammar at Metro, and sought out people to practice speaking the language. About 3 years went by, and I dreamed in Spanish. It […]

Warning this is long Much has been written about the ethical implications of Senator McCain’s involvement in the Keating 5 scandal where McCain attempted to influence a federal regulator at the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to ease off on the investigation of Charles Keating’s Lincoln Savings & Loan.   McCain received over $100K from […]

A simple overview of why regulation came into place after the Great Depression, how markets don’t self police, and how it’s “deja vu all over again” in Wall Street’s Wild, Wild, West. And mostly, how we are all paying for these follies…..again. From the LA Times by Robert Kuttner.  He is the author of “The […]

From American Rights at Work You probably haven’t heard of Dean Singleton or his MediaNews Group, but you’ve most likely read one of his 57 daily papers.  Singleton is in the business of buying and restructuring local newspapers.  But his goal is not just to turn a profit – Singleton squeezes every drop out of […]

Cleveland’s city paper, the Cleveland Scene, is complaining that Colorado Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer is deflating the prices of bribery in the wake of allegations that he sold his vote on the Colorado school board for $4,000 from the head of White Hat Management – a charter school company. The donor in the middle […]