The Philanthropist Has No Clothes, Now What?
If philanthropy is BS & can taxes fix inequality? We propose a New New Deal.
corruption
When We Were Great: Mystery Solved
Donald Trump wants to make us great again. So far, my best guesses of when exactly that was are shaky, at best: When The Dukes of Hazzard was on TV When farm work was seriously discounted When I had hair But I think I found it! Here it is: It’s when we were moving closer
The One Lie That Will Save American Democracy
Like rotten fruit suspended in Jell-O, we’ve congealed inside a failing two party system. The two likely nominees for president have the combined likability of a hemorrhoid playing Mariachi music. Sure, many still yearn for a decade at Bernie’s 350-million-man kibbutz. Others now get their crackers…wafers…at The Church of Trumpology. Some endorse Donald Trump, hoping he can bring the apocalypse, er,
Distorted.
An unholy, elitist, unintentional alliance between the rich and the noisy is distorting politics & reality
Flaccid Election & Other Independence Day Thoughts
Independence Day is an opportunity for ideas to fix America. Here are three of them.
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How Taxes Steal Dreams
What’s the one thing everyone agrees we can’t possibly make more of…? Katy Perry hits? Adorable cat videos? Invitations to Google Glass? Not even close. Even cash is abundant! It’s handed out in bushels by the Fed to everyone but you. The one thing that’s truly finite is time. That’s why the Great Recession and
Fire. Them. All.
Has any organization ever failed so miserably that every employee should be fired? One finally has. And we are its executives. It’s called Congress. It has a 13% approval rating but a 90% re-election rate. Just like The Bachelor, you almost start to admire how something so bad can keep going. Exactly like that show,
6 Reasons Why I’m voting for Governor Gary Johnson
The Issues He’s more progressive than Obama on social issues, but more prudent than either major party candidate on economic issues. He is pro defense, but anti-interventionist. He also defends civil liberties – unlike the President, who signed indefinite detention into law…and unlike Republicans who gave us the “Patriot” Act. (As if you’re not a
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