Review (Guest): Winner-Take-All Politics–How Washington Made the Rich Richer – and Turned its Back on the Middle Class

Paul Pierson and Jacob S. Hacker 5.0 out of 5 stars Political Economy January 17, 2011 Retired Reader (New Mexico) – See all my reviews This book is an effort by two political scientist to explain how in the last thirty years or so wealth in the U.S. has become concentrated in the hands of …

Indications & Warning — Dead Birds, Fish, Crabs–Across Multiple Countries–Worldwide & Unexplained

11 January 2011 ‘Gay demon’ exorcist claims mass animal deaths due to ‘don’t ask’ repeal Thousands of fish washed up dead in Chicago in latest bizarre mass animal deaths Google Map Reveals Weird Weather Caused Half of Mass Animal Death Incidents Overeating and indigestion blamed for 1,000 turtle doves falling dead in Italy with strange …

Journal: Will Pakistan Implode Because of US in AF?

Pakistan will implode if the US does not leave Afghanistan The continuing US presence in Afghanistan fuels extremism in neighbouring Pakistan Imran Khan The Observer, Sunday 9 January 2011 The assassination of Salmaan Taseer has shown only too clearly the growing extremism in Pakistan, the radicalisation of its society and the polarisation that is taking …

Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Save Democracy

Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Save Democracy “The most durable and dangerous ‘special interest’ – the only one that can directly traduce the Constitution – is the political class.” George F. Will Robert David Steele (Vivas) has produced a significant, but short, political essay for the Huffington Post, titled, “Citizens Fiddle, Obama Dances.”   The central argument …

Journal: Michael Lind–Nobody Represents the American People

Topic: Populism Nobody represents the American people By Michael Lind Many Americans have come to the conclusion that nobody represents them in Washington anymore. They are right. This situation is not the result of a sinister conspiracy by a single, unitary, all-powerful and diabolical elite. The origins of the disconnect are structural. The mass membership …