Argentina: Past and Future

The last member of the brutal junta that led Argentina from 1976 to 1983 has kicked the bucket. Unwept, unhonored and unsung.No, don't tell me to speak nothing but good of the dead; they spoke nothing good of the thousands of people they murdered. And don't tell me not to...

A New Political Party Is Needed

A New Political Party Is Needed   Joel S. Hirschhorn   Set aside any Obama euphoria you feel.  The other important news is that third-party presidential candidates had a miserable showing this year,...

Americans Keep Reelecting Losers in Congress

The Anti-Incumbency Movement is Dead   Joel S. Hirschhorn   Voting out congressional incumbents failed this year, showing the anti-incumbency movement to be a clear letdown.  For some years many...

American Ideals: Paris Hilton and Tiger Woods

Esteemed audience, in these days when brazen attempts at resisting and dismantling our great nation's time-honored class distinctions are all too common, it is consoling to know that there are two bustling, energetic young people of significant stature who stand as stalwart...

When the Federal Government Fails Us

The hardest thing for Americans to do right now in this presidential election season is to fight distraction and, instead, focus on the failure of all three branches of the federal government.  And also to...

Eat Your Cats and Dogs

Eat Your Cats and Dogs   Joel S. Hirschhorn   Nations come and go, rise and fall as elites and the wealthy make victims of most citizens and plutocracies prevail.  Current dogma is that we live in...

Our Republic Raped and Still No Revolution!

Are Americans ready for a revolution?  What worse than the current meltdown of the financial sector, the unraveling of our economy, and burdening us and future generations with astounding debt is needed to convince Americans that the two-party plutocracy has sold out...

Democracy for Dummies

I confess.  I believe there is a ruling class that sustains the two-party plutocracy running the nation for the benefit of the rich and corporate class.  Their broad strategy is deception and...

Plutocrats Rule

" Mr. Kapur has explained that among countries that function as “plutonomies” — a category that encompasses the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada — economic growth is powered by the increasingly wealthy, who dominate both income and...

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