NUCLEAR threats and counter-threats are a subtext of our times, steadily, it seems, becoming more insistent. The July meeting in Geneva between Iran and six major world powers on Iran’s nuclear programme ended with no progress.
Obama and the Progressive Base
A reasonably evenhanded biography of Barack Obama, published last year, describes him as “an exceptionally gifted politician who, throughout his life, has been able to make people of wildly divergent vantage points see in him exactly what they want to see.”
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 wanted [...]
The Power of the Political Button
Another Presidential election year is upon us, and I have just enough time to get ready so I can avoid the pitfalls from my 2004 experience. This is how it went down. I was standing in line at a post office in Pittsburgh in the Fall of the 2004 when I noticed a woman behind [...]
Mumia Abu Jamal Now Contributing To Mypeacecity
As the price of gasoline soars, Americans are forced to think in ways that they haven’t in generations: to drive, or not to drive? Do they park the car and opt for public transportation?
“White Cloud’s” Racial History (Part 1 of 3)
World peace must represent universal efforts. Anti-war priorities are first. However, since oppression is similarly destructive, informed and purposeful, some of us believe oppressors must be exposed and humiliated, if not punished.
Vote Obama*
I feel uncomfortable telling people to vote for Barack Obama without tacking an asterisk onto the end of my plea. I feel disingenuous assuring my friends and family that Barack Obama is different than the other candidates and that once in office
Hot Potato
Wikipedia tells us, “a ‘hot potato’ has come to mean something unwanted, which nobody wants responsibility for, and passes on to others as quickly as possible (as if to avoid getting burned).”
Mayor Villaraigosa, Meet Beatrix Potter
This essay was written in response to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s plan to take control of the L.A. Unified School District away from the school board. The issue of mayoral control has since subsided in L.A., but the topic of improving our schools is perennial and often misdirected. I am new to California, but I have [...]
Before you make up your mind on voting ’08…
I don’t know about you, but I’m sick to death of hearing about Obama and all his wonderful qualities. I’m sick of hearing about the differentiation between Democrats and Republicans, and how liberal left thinking people actually believe there still is a difference. They are the same damn thing. We are given the illusion that [...]