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Why Inequality Matters – Aristotle and the Middle Class

By Charles | March 30, 2016 10

It’s now evident that the middle class is disappearing, and at an alarming rate, as can be seen in the video below. But why does a disappearing middle class matter? “Why should … Continue reading Why Inequality Matters – Aristotle and the Middle Class

Piers Morgan declares feminism dead after Kim Kardashian’s latest selfie

By Charles | March 30, 2016

Feminism had a good run. Either feminism is dead as Piers Morgan states OR perhaps feminism is having a revival instead? Source: Piers Morgan declares feminism dead after Kim Kardashian’s latest selfie Continue reading Piers Morgan declares feminism dead after Kim Kardashian’s latest selfie

How Asian test-prep companies quickly penetrated the new SAT

By kkaybu | March 30, 2016

Any teachers out there who can attest to the retention or critical thinking skills these tests yield? We know full well how much money they yield. Human brains aren’t like computers; simply … Continue reading How Asian test-prep companies quickly penetrated the new SAT

Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton’s State Department

By kkaybu | March 30, 2016

Weapons are fine when they’re killing people outside of the media’s lens? Yet shame on the NRA! Source: Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton’s State Department Continue reading Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton’s State Department

Bernie Sanders Inspires Big Protest Against Voter Suppression in Arizona 

By kkaybu | March 30, 2016

Predicted high voter turnout, yet polling stations go from 200 to 60. Party switch ‘glitches’ made. MSM calling the results while people stand in line, leave or get turned away after waiting. … Continue reading Bernie Sanders Inspires Big Protest Against Voter Suppression in Arizona 

Hijack Pics or It Didn’t Happen

By Charles | March 29, 2016

Why is this man on the right, identified as a 26-year-old British hostage named Ben Innes, posing with Seifedeen Mustafa, the man who hijacked an EgyptAir flight today? Nobody knows yet. But … Continue reading Hijack Pics or It Didn’t Happen

Publicly Traded

By kkaybu | March 29, 2016

Publicly Traded Summer 2013 Preface: For-profit colleges have been cropping up in the news recently. Investigations are being conducted, the 2011 GAO report (United States Government Accountability Office) has been released, and … Continue reading Publicly Traded

Trump has been given $1.9 Billion in free press coverage so far

By Charles | March 29, 2016 2

Mr. Trump is far better than any other candidate — maybe any candidate ever — at drawing attention without having to advertise for it. The New York Times is reporting that Trump … Continue reading Trump has been given $1.9 Billion in free press coverage so far

Media Unimpressed as Sanders Barely Gets Seventy Per Cent of Vote – The New Yorker

By Charles | March 29, 2016 3

The major cable networks briefly mentioned Sanders’s March 26th vote tallies but noted that he ran out of steam well shy of eighty per cent. What’s funny is that this satirical piece … Continue reading Media Unimpressed as Sanders Barely Gets Seventy Per Cent of Vote – The New Yorker

Oklahoma Earthquakes as risky as California – What the frack?

By Charles | March 28, 2016

A new federal hazard map includes man-made quakes for the first time Oklahoma which never had earthquakes, now has as many as California due to fracking. Nice. Source: Oklahoma Earthquakes: USGS Hazard … Continue reading Oklahoma Earthquakes as risky as California – What the frack?

We can stop earth-killing asteroids. But how will we pay??? Huh?

By Charles | March 28, 2016

Cover of Newsweek this past year. And no, this is not an metaphor for Global Warming, they actually proposed this dilemma at a space conference last April. The title of the Newsweek … Continue reading We can stop earth-killing asteroids. But how will we pay??? Huh?

Iceland’s ‘pots and pans revolution’: Lessons from a nation that people power helped to emerge from its 2008 crisis all the stronger

By kkaybu | March 28, 2016

A crowdsourced constitution. America? You paying any attention to Iceland? Source: Iceland’s ‘pots and pans revolution’: Lessons from a nation that people power helped to emerge from its 2008 crisis all the … Continue reading Iceland’s ‘pots and pans revolution’: Lessons from a nation that people power helped to emerge from its 2008 crisis all the stronger