Der Spiegel Says the "O" Word
Spiegel Online has come right out and asked whether America has been transformed into a true oligarchy?It's an perfectly legitimate question and the answer is plainly "yes.""Inequality in America is…
The Mound of Sound
Criminalizing Pot Only Breeds Criminals
Well, Duh! A new report entitled "Breaking the Silence" says that the current criminalization of marijuana only supports organized crime. In other words, Steve Harper supports organized crime.Stop the Violence…
7 Billion Reasons to Wake Up
7-billion but who's counting? Apparently a lot of people are counting including the environmental desk of The Guardian a.k.a. Monbiot & Co. They've taken the occasion of humanity passing the…
Muammar Ain’t No Mar
Former, as in "dead", Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is no more. Libyan authorities report the man who ruled their country for 42-years was shot and killed today.How he died isn't…
Putting a Price on Environmental Vulnerabilities
If a nation's economy is heavily dependent on imported resources that are in increasingly short supply, should this be factored into that country's credit rating? It seems to follow that…
Hey Liberals – Lick Your Finger, Stick It Up In the Air, Way Up
There was a time you didn't have to tell a Liberal how to read the winds of change. Of course that was before they (were) moved from Sussex Drive to…
Around the World, People Losing Trust in Their Leaders
See, we're not alone. Sure we don't trust Steve Harper but people in many other countries are coming to distrust their leaders too. It's this loss of faith and overwhelming…
Will the Anchor Hold?
With each passing day the Occupy Wall Street movement, in New York and elsewhere, grows more resilient. It shows itself to be more than a mere protest, the standard venting…
Harper’s War on Universal Human Rights Continues
It's Air Canada again. This time it's the 6,800 flight attendants who have voted down an offer from the airline and will be in a legal strike position on Thursday.It…
It’s the Sound of Cracking Ice
Growing up in Ontario back when it used to have winters, young boys gravitated to frozen ponds, streams and lakes. We'd skate or play hockey or sometimes just marvel at…
For Sale – Army Surplus
For sale. Infantry helmet. Only four previous owners, one surviving. Fair condition. Some wear & tear. Original paint. Custom ventilation.
The Sun Will Rise and Set in Afghanistan
Of course it will and, as surely as Afghanistan will see another rising and setting sun, so too will it see the resumption of its long-running and unresolved civil war…
Do Stock Brokerages Have the Right to Kill?
Why do big investment houses have the right to speculate in ways that can lead to death? Speculation in food, in water. While there are fortunes to be had in…
We Need to Talk Turkey in the Muslim World
There was a time we expected Turkey to grovel for a place at the table with the Big Boys. We were willing to consider allowing our only Muslim NATO ally…
For Europeans – Poverty and Climate Change Greatest Threats to Mankind
Europeans are awash in economic disaster yet they see the greatest threats their world faces as poverty and climate change.The Eurobarometer poll (pdf) found that the majority of the public…
The West’s "Frighteningly Simplistic" Afghan Adventure
It's a solemn 10th anniversary for Western gunplay in Afghanistan. I'll call it gunplay instead of "war" because wars are normally fought to win and we've never been fighting to…
Steve, You’ve Got Mail. Stop Being Such a G__damned Socialist!
Dear Exalted Ruler, you have mail from the OECD and the IEA. They want you and other world leaders to cut out the billions of dollars you waste each year…
The Older I Get, The Less I Like Old People
"Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72"- Mark Twain It's interesting living in the human equivalent of the fabled "elephant graveyard." My town is a place…
The Wisdom of the Great – Abraham Lincoln
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if…
Not Even the World is "Too Big to Fail" Any Longer
Noam Chomsky has an interesting article published in al Jazeera that reveals the trouble we're all in so long as we're under the rule of ideologues like our own Exalted…