Transpartisan Dialog on Corporations

Transpartisan dialog on corporate power: Americans as citizens, consumers and employees I hosted a transpartsian dialog with Lisa Graves, Tim Carney, Arnold Kling and Dean Baker at the “Movement for the People.” conference in Washington DC on January 21st, 2011.  It was quite enjoyable. Read full report…. See CSPAN3 video here

Opposition to US-Korea [North Korea-China] NAFTA Rises

A broad cross-section of stake-holders appears to be coming together to oppose the elite proposal for a US-South Korea NAFTA.  Among early discoveries are that it includes China and North Korea; and that it gives foreign corporations the right to challenge US laws.  From Donald Trump to Lori Wallach and others, the public–as opposed to …

Democrat Base Discovers Both Parties are “Elites”

Remove the Blinders, Dems; Both Congressional Parties Are Elites Years ago Buffy Sainte Marie reminded us that “if the Bad guys don’t get you, the good guys will.” referring to Senator Bill Bradley’s initial attempts to help restore the Black Hills to the Sioux tribes, and his eventual withdrawal of his bill under minimal pressure. …

Worth a Look: Education and Our Divided World

DIFFERING WORLDVIEWS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Two Scholars Argue Cooperatively about Justice Education Four Arrows Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, USA and Walter Block Loyola University, New Orleans, USA Publisher’s Summary: Two noted professors on opposite sides of the cultural wars come together and engage in “cooperative argumentation.” One, a “Jewish, atheist libertarian” and the other …

Journal: Ron Paul C-SPAN’s Newsmakers + Ron Paul RECAP

Focus on tax package, Republican future, focus on Federal Reserve and oversight if not termination of the Federal Reserve.  Focus on danger of central economic planning.  Do not attack individuals, but rather the “system.”  It’s going to get a lot worse.  Need more transparency.  Everything Fed does is secret and they have a budget bigger …

Reference: The Private War of LtCol Tony Shaffer

Shaffer’s book rips the lid off several stories the bureaucrats wanted to suppress: the role of a program named Able Danger in yielding information that could have uncovered the 9/11 plot; Operation Dark Heart, which could have nabbed Al Qaeda’s number two leader; and early indications that Pakistan’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, …