by Dale Coberly GOP PLANS TO GUT SOCIAL SECURITY The Republicans have opened a new assault on Social Security. At present all I know about it is what I read in a Talking Points Memo by Tierney Sneed Key House GOPer Introduces Bill With Major Cuts To Social Security . The trouble with Sneed’s article […]
Foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni has been asked to attempt to form a government. He is a rather bland establishment figure who has two interesting histories. First, back in the day, Italy (then a monarchy) didn’t get along with the pope (they fought a war with a famous battle at the pious gate (no ti sto […]
In his neo-Confederate “Mein Kampf,” Whither Solid South, Charles Wallace Collins quoted a full paragraph from Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom regarding the emptying out of the meaning of words. My instinct would be not to condemn Hayek for the politics of those who quote him. Even the Devil quotes Shakespeare. But after taking another look at the Look magazine comic book edition […]
– Chrysler Fiat sold the car division sans Jeep, MiniVan and Trucks to the Chinese. They also closed production on Chrysler 200 and Dodge Dart June of this year. It will be the first time Chrysler/Dodge have not had Cars if this is true. 200 (UF) and Dodge Dart (PF) never did met forecast so it […]
A Leading Intellectual according to Trump’s Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and founder of the Alt-Right, Richard Spencer “We won . . . .” I am playing the entire newscast rather than just the abbreviated version of the speech which is popping up all over. Sorry about the commercial. This took place at Texas A&M at […]
This is the third of three posts on full employment. The unifying thread is that “full employment” has always been a political and not an economic problem. The first two posts were The Electoral College, White Supremacy and Full Employment as “Reign of Terror” and Full Employment and the Myth of the General Strike. Employing Sorel’s distinction […]
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