“This is our first task, caring for our children. It’s our first job. If we don’t get that right, we don’t get anything right. That’s how, as a society, we will be judged. And by that... Read more
If Occupy Wall Street is correct, this election should be a shoe-in for President Obama: 1% opposed by 99%. No one expects that to be the case. What we expect will be more like the ch... Read more
Only 51.3% of the voter age American population came out to vote in the infamous 2000 George W. Bush/Gore “chad” presidential election. According to the wisdom of 2012 Republican... Read more
I’ve just seen the pilot episode of Revolution, a TV sci-fi by Jon Favreau in which within the first few minutes all power is lost all over the planet. Four more minutes... Read more
I consider the present political situation as a psychomachia, a drama in which what any of the dramatis personae say or any of the bi-partisan accords they enact do no more than mask the “Un... Read more
Published on http://bad.eserver.org/ We tend to think that the great divide between Republicans and Democrats concerning economic recovery has much to do with their views of government. The... Read more
“The Singularity is a common matter of discussion in transhumanist circles. There is no clear definition, but usually the Singularity is meant as a future time when societal, scientifi... Read more
Published on http://bad.eserver.org/ Neoliberalism makes the 2012 election an election unconcerned with the brief we should be making. It cannot therefore be consequential as a beginning tow... Read more
“There is no such thing as society.” Margaret Thatcher Free market principles found fertile ground in a psyche deeply mired in the illusions of individualism. Every American now is urged to... Read more
The Occupy Wall Street protest which began in New York City September 17th and has spread to other cities did not get televised or make the back pages of The New York Times until October. If... Read more
In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that. [...]
The president-elect took no position on the app’s First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform. [...]
The Biden administration’s consideration of three proposed tribal casinos in California and Oregon has touched off a fierce debate about tribal sovereignty and land rights. [...]
Democrats wanted to end the electability debate. After Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat, a conversation that has frustrated and foiled two generations of female candidates rages on. [...]
He said in an interview that he had used the visas for skilled workers “many times.” But he has mainly used visas for unskilled workers like housekeepers. [...]
Marc Fogel was convicted of drug smuggling and sentenced in 2022 to 14 years in prison by the same court that handled the case of Brittney Griner. [...]
