A massive fire in the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. garment factory in Bangladesh killed at least 112 people. It turns out this factory sewed merchandise for several American companies. Walmart was one of these customers. According to Walmart, the factory was no longer authorized to produce merchandise but said the supplier subcontracted the work in violation […]

Thomas Ricks author of The Generals illustrates exactly how an interviewee can get enough air time on Fox News to reveal the truth. Of course the interview is likely to be cut short and the interviewee is likely to never get an invite on Fox News again. It is important however that a string of […]

John Schnatter,the pompous, intellect limited, immoral Obamacare fear monger now says he was misunderstood. Is that statement too civil to describe the harm that someone with a bullhorn being listened to by many could have had on the election and with that the health well-being of millions of Americans? I absolutely do not believe it […]

I have been mad at our political/economic system for some time. After leaving my activism in college I settled in a good corporate job as an engineer for 5 years. I then “built “my own software company. While insulated from today’s and yesteryears’ ills of working for companies that continue wage depression and employee oppression, […]

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West have been running around the country for some time disparaging the president on his progressive values and on his specific action to attack poverty in general and on problems in the black community specifically. While there is much merit to what they say, generally their failure to understand the dynamics […]

To win in the fiscal showdown, we must make the case that our budget approach reflects true fiscal responsibility, not just our values as a nation and the mandate from voters. Remember, sound economic policy and public opinion is already on our side. If we don’t also expose the other side’s lack of fiscal responsibility […]