Trump’s Proposed $1.5 Trillion War Budget
a truly staggering number This chart shows the 2022 distribution of US war spending relative to the world. Trump’s proposed 50% increase in the war […]
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Justice in America – the big fraud
part of a series on American values The Promise Sixth Amendment In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and […]
Expanding on Robert Reich’s Pledges for Democrats – there’s a lot to like, but we can improve on it
Reich published What Democrats Must Pledge to America – Ten ways to make America more affordable on 12.5.2025. Here are the bold titles for the […]
The Billionairification of America – democracy is dead in the US
The Billionairification of America The Forbes billionaires list in 2019 numbered 607 in the US. By April 2024, the number had grown by 34% to […]
The Extraction Economy – Private Equity in Action
Elizabeth Warren on private equity predators Private equity(PE) firms are the pinnacle of the great shift in the American economy over the past 50 years […]
My Children Will Be Better Off Than Me – a series on American values
A cherished part of our national culture has long been the belief that parents can improve their children’s future through better education, hard work, and […]
The Health Insurance Disaster – beyond the end of ACA tax credits
There has been much talk about the 4.8 million people (1.4 million in Florida and 750,000 in New York state) who will lose their Obamacare […]
Pervasive Anonymity Is a Significant Threat
recent ICE masking is the tip of the iceberg of this destructive practice The appearance of various masked Federal agents seizing people on the street […]
A Poem for This Day Before the Self-Inflicted Famine
from an acquaintance in my old hometown I follow David Olivencia’s occasional comments about life on his blog Letters from a Postman. This one caught […]
The K-shaped world we live in – the top 20% are doing well, everyone else, not so good….
My research into the enormous explosion of wealth and income inequality in the US over the past fifty years be summarized as the $79 trillion […]