Tag Archives: New York Times

THE VALUE OF WIKILEAKS

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Why WikiLeaks Is Worth Defending, Despite All of Its Flaws By Mathew Ingram/ Gigaom/ August 24, 2012 Most of the recent attention around WikiLeaks has been focused on the legal issues surrounding its controversial founder, Julian Assange. But we shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Human Rights: It’s So Last Decade

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

In a NY Times Op-Ed, Jimmy Carter calls out the U.S. government (while carefully omitting President Obama’s name) for it’s worsening human rights record. The former American president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, clearly unafraid to speak his mind (Carter … Continue reading →

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LAPDOG MEDIA

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Deliberate media propaganda The media now knows that “militant” is a term of official propaganda, yet still use it for America’s drone victims By Glenn Greenwald/ Salon/ June 2, 2012 Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that the Obama administration, in … Continue reading →

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No Justice From the Justice Dept.

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Wall Street Has No Worries – Obama and Holder Are Shooting Blanks by Arlen Grossman “Why Can’t Obama Bring Wall Street to Justice?” ask Peter Boyer and Peter Schweizer in Newsweek this week. It’s a question a lot of Americans are … Continue reading →

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ALEC – Expanding Crony Capitalism All Across America

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Lobbyists, Guns and Money by Paul Krugman/ New York Times/ March 25, 2012 Florida’s now-infamous Stand Your Ground law, which lets you shoot someone you consider threatening without facing arrest, let alone prosecution, sounds crazy — and it is. And … Continue reading →

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Goldman Sachs Exec Quits Due to “Toxic and Destructive” Environment

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

I don’t know why Mr. Smith took so long to figure out his company was this corrupted. But he deserves credit for exposing its true nature. President Obama, are you listening? Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs by Greg Smith/ … Continue reading →

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This is Who We Are: The 2010 Census

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census Browse population growth and decline, changes in racial and ethnic concentrations and patterns of housing development. By MATTHEW BLOCH, SHAN CARTER and ALAN McLEAN | Source: Census Bureau; socialexplorer.com Click  here  to browse the 2010 Census Map … Continue reading →

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Start of a New Era

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Jeffrey Sachs makes the case that we could be at the beginning of a new progressive era. The first came after the Gilded Age of the late 19th Century,  the second followed the gilded age of the 1920s. Perhaps we … Continue reading →

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Get Out of Jail Cards for Wall St.

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Did you ever wonder why nobody is getting prosecuted for the biggest white-collar crime in the history of the world–the worldwide financial collapse of 2007-2008? The answers have started to come out. One explanation involves a remarkably lenient  U.S. Department … Continue reading →

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The Painful Truth

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

America’s Exploding Pipe Dream October 28, 2011   The New York Times By CHARLES M. BLOW We are slowly — and painfully — being forced to realize that we are no longer the America of our imaginations. Our greatness was not … Continue reading →

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