By Martin Bosworth The American Prospect’s Harold Meyerson has an op-ed in the Washington Post today outlining the nature of the coming recession, and how our economic response is going to have […]
Privatized prisons for immigrants: The expansion continues
by Amaury Nora Since the launch of the “global war on terror,” a large majority of Americans have been encouraged to cower under the pseudo-protective umbrella of a permanent Nation Security State. […]
The Weekly Carboholic
This week we start off with some interesting news from the world’s largest auto maker, General Motors. According to the AFP via Raw Story, GM is partnering with renewable energy company Coskata […]
Dr. Slammy in 2008: Evolving a culture of learning
The biggest challenge my EducationF1rst initiative faces is one of momentum: America is not, and never has been, an intellectual culture. We do not, however much we might protest, live in a […]
The ultimate death tax
Today’s guest post is from our friend Natasha Chart. Ezra Klein wrote recently about how the ‘best’ health care in the world has allowed between 75,000-100,000 preventable deaths in the last four […]
Libertarianism doesn't work – but it's still useful
I’ve been searching for a reason why I like libertarians even as they drive me round-the-bend out of my mind sometimes. And on Saturday, Michael Kinsley of the Washington Post provided me […]
Why don't we give it away: Big Head Todd, free music, DRM and de-suckifying our culture
Finding and buying music used to be a lot simpler process. You could sample new stuff by turning on this thing called a “radio,” and when you heard something you liked you […]
Tale of two zingers
Not only Obama, but Iran’s Supreme Leader, spoke with a barbed tongue this week. It was the week of the artful put-down. The first was Obama’s now infamous response to Hillary Clinton’s […]
What would we do without murder?
The fourth in our “Cult of Crime” series. (Pix by the one-and-only Weegee.) New York’s reputation as a tough city took a major hit in the summer of 2006 when it received […]
Saturday Video Roundup: kids play the darnedest things…
Good morning, and welcome to this week’s edition of Saturday Video Roundup. I’m your host, Katie Couric. You might remember last week, when we presented some talented teens laying the smack down […]
