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Category Archives: War

McCain’s Stunt

Yet his choice is risky – not just for McCain’s campaign but for America’s future. Yesterday McCain celebrated his 72nd birthday; he has a history of skin cancer; if elected, he would be the oldest American ever to serve. Hence, his choice of vice president is critically important because the odds are much higher than [...]

Posted 01 September 2008 † Ray Watkins § Composition § Miscellaneous § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °

The Real Class War

Average pre-tax incomes in 2006 jumped by about $60,000 (5.8 percent) for the top 1 percent of households, but just $430 (1.4 percent) for the bottom 90 percent, after adjusting for inflation, according to a new update in the groundbreaking series on income inequality by economists Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez. Their analysis of [...]

Posted 25 August 2008 † Ray Watkins § Economics § Online Places § Union § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °

All We Are Saying, Is Give Hope a Chance

Roosevelt had called for a “New Deal for the forgotten man at the bottom of the economic heap” in a direct appeal to the working class and the poor that few if any major party candidates had ever made. He already had a record as Governor of New York supporting pro labor and pro social [...]

Posted 04 August 2008 † Ray Watkins § Economics § Union § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °

Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me Twice…

We have seen, for example, that after nearly thirty years of bipartisan government-bashing, even in the wake of massive catastrophes like the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the notion of public obligation to provide for the citizenry’s well-being is steadily being wiped out of public consciousness. (And, by the way, those precocious NGO engineers are energetically [...]

Posted 28 July 2008 † Ray Watkins § Economics § Miscellaneous § Online Places § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °