I oppose the Israeli attack on Gaza. My father and uncle were born in Bath, England and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. Both of them spoke Arabic fluently. My wife is a Rabbi. (I consider myself Quaker; my wife thinks I’m basically Catholic.) The lesson I take from the Holocaust is that silence equals complicity. I [...]
Today the President announced a $17.4 billion “loan” to the US automobile industry. Not only is this a cruelly cynical move, it’s both bad business and bad government.
Hundreds of thousands of workers are going to be put out of work. They deserve help from the government to move into more useful, viable industries. [...]The US Marine Corps is participating in sobriety checkpoints in California. Maybe the California Highway Patrol and the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department are afraid to bust people for drunk driving without military protection. On the other hand, maybe there are more sinister reasons.
Read more about this story here, here and here.It’s amazing that we’re debating whether or not to bail out the US car companies. They’re insolvent! They’ve got to reorganize, pursuant to the bankruptcy laws. Any other approach rewards unsuccessful managers. Both the Democrats and Republicans were prepared to bail out management teams that have failed in the free market. The only difference is [...]
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Hope is one of the most powerful drugs, but it’s no substitute for progressive change. Our new President is dedicated to preserving a corrupt system. The US military is deploying in the USA. The government is going to bail out creditors instead of debtors. Get [...]