Saturday, July 11, 2026

More than ‘moron,’ more like plague

Would that Trump were only or simply “a moron.” The problem is worse, but the solution is getting clearer.

Spreading wealth to maintain consumption

What will happen if robots, AI, and automation displace a huge percentage of workers. How will there be enough consumers to buy all the goods and services produced if there is a big drop in earnings?

Routing the two-tier system: Part II – raising the lower tier

If the bottom tier can have security and happiness, and if our society eliminates corruption, that will make our society a good one worth having.

2020: The year anti-fascists became terrorists

When police in Buffalo pushed an elderly man to the ground during a Black Lives Matter protest, cracking his skull in the process, the president went on Twitter to rhetorically ask whether the injured man was, in fact, part of “Antifa”.

Power to the (working) people: The Great Resignation could change how we relate to...

Only time will tell if working people, both those organized in unions and those who are not, will be able to take advantage of this moment to overthrow the mini dictatorships so many labor under.

Is frenzied religiosity a luxury that democracy, let alone civilized order can no longer...

Hypocrisy prize winner: a compassion-, life-inspired faith now hawks an intolerant parade of death trips  Though quests for religious...

Can we measure inequality without tallying the wealth of our wealthy?

Hundreds of prestigious economists don’t think so. The World Bank, unfortunately, does.

Starving Yemeni children, bloated U.S. weaponsmakers

It’s clear why U.S. weaponsmakers want to keep selling weapons to the Saudi regime. For them, it is all about profits.

Despite twisted hype about “so much winning,” America staggers, the self-inflicted, breakthrough icon of...

The only yellow brick road towards more affluence for the under-trained or geographically-limited is to match skills with today’s employment demands or pull up stakes and move to less benighted areas.