A Case for NOT Reducing Federal Debt?

Can the US Have an Expansionary Fiscal Contraction? All  … the attached essay was written by Simon Johnson, Ronald Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management; Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; and co-founder of Baseline Scenario.  Johnson used to be Chief Economist of IMF and is, IMO, one of the sanest voices …

Post-Fukushima Infant Deaths in the Pacific Northwest

Each week, on a Friday, Alexander Cockburn publishes a weekly diary in the weekend edition of Counterpunch, which he co-edits with Jeffrey St. Claire.  Last week’s diary included a particularly important entry that expands on earlier CP essay analyzing the possibility of increased infant deaths in the western US resulting from the poisons spewed out …

Review: Violent Politics — A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, and Guerrilla War, from the American Revolution to Iraq

William R. Polk 5.0 out of 5 stars Chuck Spinney Raves About This Book…., June 12, 2011 By Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) – See all my reviews Chuck Spinney, along with Pierre Sprey and Winslow Wheeler and a few others, one of the top twelve brains with integrity on US defense fraud, …