Monthly Archives: October 2010

This weekend Veronica and I listened to Ken Dowst’s episode of New World Notes on Corporations. It features a very fine talk by Ted Nace, author of Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy. … Continue reading →

Hermann Scheer (1944-2010): German Lawmaker, Leading Advocate for Solar Energy and “Hero for the Green Century” in One of His Final Interviews My first petty comment on this magnificent interview is that I’m glad Amy stumbled – and gave up … Continue reading →

This episode is about the California midterm elections: Republican Ex-CEOs Challenge Veteran Dems in California’s Heated Gubernatorial, Senate Races In my radio episode The Bipolar Bipartisan I make the point that Democrat vs. Republican = Big Government vs. Big Business. … Continue reading →

While Celebrating Halt to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Gay Rights Movement Confronts Teen Suicides, Homophobic Electioneering and Violent Attacks This feature story in today’s DN provoked a discussion with Veronica about last night’s episode of Glee. We both thought Glee … Continue reading →

Today, we’re connecting five of the DOTS in today’s Democracy Now: a moratorium on foreclosures a record-breaking $144 million given to Wall St. executives $50 billion slated for railways, runways, and roads $610,000 paid by school district to family of … Continue reading →

There’s too much to say about the wonderful John Le Carre interview, and so we’ll talk about Glenn Beck first, from this DN headline: In a jailhouse confession, a California man has admitted it was Fox News host Glenn Beck … Continue reading →

Jailed Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Awarded Nobel Peace Prize The jailed Chinese human rights activist and writer Liu Xiaobo has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for “his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights.” Liu was sentenced … Continue reading →

In relationship to our conversation yesterday about how to define terrorism, this DN headline caught my interest: Cuba Commemorates 1976 Airliner Bombing Cuba marked the thirty-fourth anniversary of the bombing of Cubana Flight 455 on Wednesday with a call for … Continue reading →

In today’s Democracy Now headlines, Faisal Shahzad pled guilty to attempting the Times Square bombing. The feature story was a documentary by Anjali Kamat on the use of informants to set up Muslims as terrorists. At the same time as … Continue reading →

On today’s Democracy Now, this headline caught my eye: The Supreme Court started its new term on Monday, and for the first time the Court has three female justices with Elena Kagan joining Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg … Continue reading →