How bad is the economy? In the May issue of Harpers Magazine, Kevin Phillips cuts through the numbers in an article entitled "Numbers Racket: Why the economy is worse than we know." The revelations Phillips makes are shocking. The U.S. government has been consciously cooking the books for decades. How…
I wrote an earlier post about describing yourself in six words. Today, I spotted this Youtube video that required the numerous subjects to describe themselves in one word or phrase. This is fun to watch on many levels. I can't help but want to think that I know many of…
This site thinks so. If you hunt through the categories, you'll see many ideas better than occupying Iraq while incurring tens of thousands of U.S. troop casualties.
Philosophy majors are not getting rich, but they're able to buy enough food to allow them to sit around and ponder things. Truth be told, philosophy majors are at the bottom of the list in starting salaries. As someone who majored in philosophy, I found these statistics to be of interest. In…
I've stewed on this one for a while. I couldn't decide whether it made for an interesting post or a snide, judgmental complaint. I think it will ultimately fall somewhere in between. Last fall, I took an introductory Anthropology course at my large public university of choice. The class fulfilled…