The Bail-Out of Wall Street: Signal of the End of the “Pax Americana”

Huge numbers are flying around these days. Billions and billions of dollars for this firm, for that firm, for the bail-out of Wall Street and the financial services industry. Then there is the “War on Terror” and its two fronts and the billions needed for it. The underlying connection is this: we do not have [...]

High Fructose Corn Syrup

It was strange the other night on TV. During a TV program, a commercial came on in which a couple is on a picnic. The woman takes out a popsickle and the man says, “Don’t eat that.” The woman says, “Why?” and the man says, “Because it has high fructose corn syrup.” The woman then [...]

The Corporations over the People? ACLUSA endorses Obama

The financial crisis that has fallen onto the heads of the American people in recent weeks is one that highlights one of the fundamental problems with the prevailing ideology of our nation since the beginning of the post-World War II period.
Soon after the war, conservatives began to work on an ideological reprogramming of the dominant [...]

Reduce consumption — Green or otherwise

My fellow Americans:
Much has been said in recent years of global warming or climate change. There have been propaganda campaigns from both the Left and the Right to “prove” their respective sides and to discredit the other.
No matter where you stand on the issue, one thing needs to resonate in your mind: reducing consumption makes sense, [...]