I’m a liberal capitalist. I believe very deeply in capitalism, but with rules and referees. Just like I don’t believe that football should be played without rules and referees, I don’t think that business should be played without rules and referees. The True Story of Capitalism But, there’s a nasty…
Behind the Scenes of Jack’s Big Radio Debut
June 6, 2014
I recommend the podcast of my show from this week on Net Neutrality. I’m relatively proud of it, but, if you listen to the podcast, you’ll miss a guest we edited out: Jack, our rescue, feral black cat. We met Jack 3 years ago. He was in a no-kill…
The Free Market Isn’t God
January 2, 2014
The Free Market Isn’t God. Those five words, strung together, seem obvious, right? Except they are the opposite of what the 1% have taught you and me for the last 40 years. The 1%, the Koch Brothers and their stooges teach us that the “free market” is God –…
Invictus – a stirring mantra
March 6, 2011
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed….