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Employment gap between rich, poor widest on record
As the meager economic recovery continues, more analysis shows another layer of how unequal both the crash and the slow recovery have been. There is no doubt those already less…
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A “War on Coal” Would be a Good Idea
It’s a free-market argument, really. Yglesias has a great metaphor for how strange an objection to such regulations on coal production should sound to any economic conservative. Via Matthew Yglesias…
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TED Talks: Why Mayors Should Rule the World
It often seems like federal-level politicians care more about creating gridlock than solving the world’s problems. So who’s actually getting bold things done? City mayors. So, political theorist...
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Rage of the Privileged
Drawing attention to the linkages between extreme economic inequality and the values at the heart of the greater debate over the nation’s debt and spending. This is not Atlas shrugging.…
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How would American Journalists cover the Government Shutdown if it Happened...
Something like this. Thanks Joshua Keating. WASHINGTON, United States — The typical signs of state failure aren’t evident on the streets of this sleepy capital city. Beret-wearing colonels have…
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“False Balance” in Journalism Doesn’t Represent Scientific Understanding Of...
It may seem like Groundhog Day for frequent readers of this site, but it is vitally important that facts about climate change are in some way able to compete in…
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TED Talks: Businesses Can Help Solve Social Problems
This video is part one of 2 TED Talks I want to feature on the role of business and market theories in solving social problems, in light of the recent…
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TED Talks: Why We Shouldn’t Trust Markets with Our Civil Life
I’ve featured Prof. Sandel, of Harvard, on this site before. His political philosophy involves powerful use of classic theories applied to modern issues in ways that compel deep thought about…
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Wealth Inequality in America is Much Worse than We Think
Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what…
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Happy Halloween
Filed under: Pop Culture Tagged: Breaking Bad, Comic, Halloween, I am the one who knocks, Random Tangent, Random Thoughts
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(Gladly) Mistaken Identity
Filed under: Pop Culture Tagged: Baseball, Boston, Boston Strong, Comic, Massachusetts, New England, Random Tangent, Red Sox, World Champions
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Five myths about the Affordable Care Act
The rollout of the Affordable Care Act has been a “debacle” even according to the administration, but there is more to the confusion than just poorly written code. Take…
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China’s Massive Pollution Problem
The current environmental situation in China represents what America may have become without the environmental protections enacted by Congress starting in the 70′s and refreshed in the 90′s. In it…
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Insurance cancelled? Don’t blame Obama or the ACA, blame America’s insurance...
Insurance cancelled? Don’t blame Obama or the ACA, blame America’s insurance companies Via Juan Williams at Fox News. Yes, that Fox News.Filed under: Politics Tagged: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Fox…
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TED Talks: Invest in social change
Here’s a stat worth knowing: In the UK, 63% of men who finish short-term prison sentences are back inside within a year for another crime. Helping them stay outside involves…
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Raise the Gas Tax! The Best, Least Popular Idea in Politics
Sometimes, a politician makes waves by proposing a sound, reasonable policy initiative based on relevant research and informed by historical fact. And quite often that idea has a snowball’s chance…
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Energy Saver 101: Home Heating
Winter is almost over, but you can still save a lot (and make your footprint greener in anticipation of spring making everything else greener) by checking out this cool info…
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If the Fed can’t help the long-term unemployed, no one will
Via Jordan Weissman at Slate: There are 3.8 million Americans who have been out of work for 27 weeks or more. These are the country’s long-term unemployed, as defined by the…
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