Conservatives are all about big government
socialism by and for the rich and corporations Conservative ideology calls for as little government as possible and celebrates the miracle of the efficiencies of […]
Politics
David Brooks on nurturing human capital in poor people
What might he say about our billionaire class “As a society, we are pretty good at transferring money to the poor, but we’re not very […]
Workers Over Billionaires Demonstration – a visual report from Palm Beach Gardens, FL 9.1.2025
About a thousand people lined both sides of PGA Blvd near the Palm Beach County North County Courthouse on Labor Day. Lots of signs, cars […]
Our minds evolved to survive, not to see the truth.
beginning to understand Trump and his billionaires….. I’ve been puzzling for several years now to explain why 74 million Americans voted for Trump in 2024. […]
Wealth Inequality in the US
a fifty-year view. One of the central perspectives of my forthcoming book The Heist: how the rich and corporations stole the American dream and how […]
David Brooks misses the long view
“Can We Please Stop Lying About Obama?” The indefatigable conservative columnist for the NY Times, David Brooks, has authored a strange and flawed essay, “Can […]
A “Decent” Federal Budget?
Paul Krugman, “What a Decent Budget Would Look Like” Paul Krugman’s recent post, “What a Decent Budget Would Look Like – Imagining a Congress that […]
The Rich Control Congress
Evidence from OpenSecrets.org A new report from OpenSecrets.org, “Outside money, inside influence: How national donors shaped the 2024 congressional elections,” demonstrates that the rich are […]
“The Techno-Optimist Manifesto” – more about tech billionaire ideology
The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by Marc Andreessenis a 2023 statement of a libertarian-technology-centric view of the world. This manifesto is primarily based on a faith-based understanding […]
The Peculiar Political Background of Elon Musk
I don’t generally pay much attention to individual players in the ongoing dramas of the world. No surprise, I am drawn to more macro, structural […]