The Economy’s Hall of Mirrors

Dear Reader,
Help me understand what’s going on here.  Since the beginning of the year the S & P Index has lost nearly 50 percent of its value.  And it still seems like it’s only downhill from here.  How can this be?
I hate to echo the words of the failed Republican candidate John McCain, but I [...]

Democracy’s Good Name

Not so long ago it seemed that every progressive person I knew who was over 55 years old was majorly depressed about the state of democracy. It seemed that what George W. Bush had done to democracy’s good name was irreversible. The war in Iraq, the ill will between reds and blues, the destruction of [...]