Worth a Look: The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Go Shafted

The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Go Shafted Mike Lofgren (Viking 2012) Available 2 August – can be pre-ordered online now. The ultimate Republican insider’s caustic exposé of what passes for business as usual in Washington today There was a time, not so very long ago, …

Tom Atlee: Emerging EcoNomics #4: Community revolution growing with food

  Emerging EcoNomics #4: Community revolution growing with food Dear friends, The remarkable article below speaks for itself and, since it is long, I won’t add much except strong encouragement for you to read it and a note that you can productively and enjoyably jump around in it (as I did) if you’d rather not …

David Isenberg: Private Military Corporations – The Worst of All Evils

PMSC Not Ready for U.N. Prime Time Huffington Post, 11 July 2012 For many years now, private military and security contractor (PMSC) advocates have argued that utilization of PMSC in United Nations peace operations offers an alternative to doing nothing or trying to organize a frequently dysfunctional U.N.-sponsored, often ill-equipped and organized intervention. Indeed, about …