Opinion
Lying politicians and the thing that counts
September 27, 2010With the 2010 midterm elections right around the corner it is important to understand two things: first, politicians will lie, and second, governing is much more difficult than opposing.
Read moreLions and tigers and “economic treason:” Oh my!
September 27, 2010Some of my steelworkers retiree friends are a little nervous because Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, talked about "economic treason" in a speech this month in Ohio.
Read moreHealth care law includes no lifetime limits
September 24, 2010Perhaps the most important piece of the new health care law that kicked in Sept. 23 is no more lifetime coverage caps.
Read moreRepublican “pledge”: kill jobs, give money to rich
September 24, 2010While the GOP plan would deliver this harsh blow to working families, it would add some $629 billion to the deficit in order to provide new tax cuts for the richest 2 percent of Americans.
Read moreThe fruits of corporate globalization: a review of “El Traspatio”
September 23, 2010This film is a searing and realistic depiction of what international monopoly capital does to the lives of ordinary working men and women.
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