Bill Moyers thoughtfully analyzed this distinction in tompaine.com. He describes the access our legislators give to special moneyed interests: The total spent per month by special interests wining, dining, and seducing federal officials is now nearly $200 million. Per month. Moyers writes that this huge legalized bribe is "a small investment on the return,"…
For the past decade or two, American consumers have enjoyed low prices at Walmart, which imports many of its products from China. Simultaneously, American companies have enjoyed low prices by out-sourcing service jobs to India and manufacturing to China. Americans, both consumers and business leaders, believe they have saved money by doing this. …
Rumor has it that one reason the Whitehouse hasn't had much staff turnover is because they've had trouble attracting replacements -- not surprising given the stunning incompetence and dishonesty of this Administration. Unfortunately, those they are trying to attract seem unlikely to reverse the situation: http://mediamatters.org/items/200604190003
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the…
A logical argument, known as a syllogism, looks like this: PREMISE 1: All dogs have wet noses. PREMISE 2: Max is a dog. CONCLUSION: Max has a wet nose. Easy, right? Now, let's see what happens when we remove one of the premises: PREMISE 1: All…