According to a poll by ABC News, 76 per cent of Americans oppose their Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to grant corporations the same rights as individuals when it comes to political speech and can therefore freely use their profits to support or oppose…
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Art Threat: Donald Trump goes to Washington – The dark side of TV ratings and presidential posturing
The ideology of television is not to prepare for the future, but to reflect the endless totality of the Now.
Continue readingRepublicans wage war on the environment (with a little help from the Democrats)
If anyone still believes we are going to save ourselves from environmental catastrophe, the U.S. Congress is doing its best to disabuse us of our optimism. It has mounted a wholesale effort to preclude any serious efforts by the American government to …
Continue readingPop The Stack: He Leaks Me, He Leaks Me Not, He Leaks Me…
The unrolling of the US diplomatic cables by Wikileaks over the past week is a fascinating event that may be unparalleled in human history, so far. I’ve had difficulty deciding if this is a good or a bad thing over the past week as the news has come out. See my other article here over at Computationally […]
Time Heals All Wounds
Today, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney spoke in Windsor on the state of Canada’s economy and made his predictions for the future. The outlook seems that the economy will remain at a crawl, for the time being, with gradual growth.
Still recovering …
Continue readingThe Global Express: "Operation Iraqi Freedom Has Ended"
As one of the most controversial wars to ever take place, the War in Iraq is drawing to its anticipated conclusion. Keeping up with his campaign promise, President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval office to announce the end of the war after mor…
Continue readingConflict Minerals Act Will Not Harm the Congolese Economy
Last week, the US Senate passed the Wall Street Reform Bill, embedded wherein lay provisions for the tracing and monitoring of conflict minerals. This provision was prompted by recent media attention and global outcry relating to the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo – the deadliest war since WWII. Waged since 1998, the […]
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