The Mad as Hell Doctors will be in St. Paul today. The Mad as Hell Doctors are promoting a Single-Payer health Care system by advocating the following:
Will Barack Obama Embrace Nonviolence?
Barack Obama looks back to Lincoln, and in doing so identifies with a President regarded as our greatest. Lincoln presided over one of the most brutal conflicts in history. Barack also looks back to that preacher from Atlanta who sang We Shall Overcome and espoused nonviolence.
Anti-Shopping Revolution
In times of trouble, we are told to go shopping. President Bush told us to go shopping in the wake of 9/11, and here we are told it again. Without delving into the details about how shopping may or may not stimulate the economy
The Economics of World Peace: A Spiritual Perspective
An American woman, known only as Peace Pilgrim, walked more than 25,000 miles across the U.S.A. in the name of peace. Talking about her childhood upbringing she said the following:”On the one hand I was trained to believe that
Fear, Politics and Altruism
Two new academic articles have got my attention because of their link to positive social change. The first article, found in Current Directions of Psychological Science, reports on the science of gratitude.
Honeywell Project Chapter 4 of 5
Honeywell, best known for their automatic controls and thermostats, bought the patent to the thermostat in 1916 from Albert Butz boosting the company’s sales to almost $300,000 that year (Honeywell Project 1988: 7). However, just prior to World War II, Honeywell consented to its first contract for the defense department. The United States government [...]
The Contradiction Between Capital & Community
With capitalism, moneymaking is the sole consideration. The “bottom line” supersedes any other factor in the pursuit of wealth. It is this detached approach that allows the corporate heads to make those hard decisions. For example, moving a corporation from one area to another in a quest of a cheaper labor market and fewer environmental [...]