More happy signs of spring. A rabbit family of five just ran past my window. There used to be only two. Imagine that! By the time I stepped out on the deck with my camera, all I could see was this guy, maybe looking for his family?
Barry Lynn, Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, talks about his book, Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction. According to Lynn (speaking in the video below), “in 1981 the Reagan administration changed the interpretation of our anti-trust laws. Rather than use these laws to prevent the concentration of economic…
There’s an excellent article in today’s Sacramento Bee about Grass Valley’s Center for the Arts, once the site of a car dealership: “Grass Valley’s Center for the Arts is a shining example of community support” By Jim Carnes jcarnes@sacbee.com To look at it now, you’d never guess the inviting Center for the Arts in Grass Valley…
“If we’re able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him.” (South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint ((White House Plans to Use DeMint’s “Waterloo” Quote to Rally the Troops.)) ). Here’s why I listen to Thom Hartmann every day. Hartmann received emails from several of his listeners in South…
Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake.com describes the myths surrounding the health care debate. Among these myths is the idea that “insurance companies hate this bill:” Fact: This bill is almost identical to the plan written by AHIP, the insurance company trade association, in 2009. The original Senate Finance Committee bill was authored by a former…