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Undernews For March 24, 2009
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 11:26 am | Undernews
Has Washington gone mad? Certainly there are other factors affecting political matters, but if you are feeling that those in charge - regardless of party - are strangely disconnected from reality, you may be on to something. More >>
Undernews For March 18, 2009
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 3:14 pm | Undernews
Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics ... More >>
Undernews For March 16, 2009
Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 12:00 pm | Undernews
A fertilizer bomb that kills hundreds in Oklahoma. Fuel-laden civil jets that kill 4000 in New York. A sanctions policy that kills one and a half million in Iraq. A trade policy that immiserates continents. You can make a bomb out of anything. The ... More >>
Undernews For March 12, 2009
Thursday, 12 March 2009, 3:05 pm | Undernews
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a monied aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the ... More >>
Undernews For March 9, 2009
Tuesday, 10 March 2009, 10:27 am | Undernews
Calvin Trillin says that he didn't do well in math or science because he couldn't explain to his teachers that his answers were meant to be ironic. PAGE ONE MUST SCIENTISTS: FIVE FOOT RISE IN SEA LEVELS BY 2100 POSSIBLE Guardian, UK - Scientists will warn ... More >>
Undernews For March 5, 2009
Friday, 6 March 2009, 12:17 pm | Undernews
It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess ... More >>
Undernews For 3 March, 2009
Wednesday, 4 March 2009, 11:33 am | Undernews
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. - Edward Abbey SHOP TALK Sam Smith Sometime this year the Review will be moving full time to its New England regional headquarters in Freeport, Maine, previously home only for the ... More >>
Undernews For February 26, 2009
Friday, 27 February 2009, 10:26 am | Undernews
All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets of facts. A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsistency. Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their ... More >>
Undernews For 10 February 2009
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 12:59 pm | Undernews
BILL TO NOWHERE? - Sam Smith One can say with confidence that the failure to pass the second bailout will substantially hastened the collapse of the economy. But having said that doesn't mean it's a good bill, or even close. It's not unlike our healthcare ... More >>
Undernews for 6 February 2009
Sunday, 8 February 2009, 4:05 pm | Undernews
THE STORY THE MEDIA WON'T TOUCH - Sam Smith - Based on media coverage at least, name the largest industry in America that never contributes to political campaigns, never tries to influence politicians, never is involved in political corruption and ... More >>
Undernews For 5 February 2009
Sunday, 8 February 2009, 3:27 pm | Undernews
The Columbus Dispatch is harrumphing over the bailout: "The $300 billion targeted for social programs, many of them Democratic favorites, would not generate much immediate economic activity. Improving teacher quality, providing additional cash for Head ... More >>
Undernews for 3 February 2009
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 8:30 pm | Undernews
REACTION WITHOUT ACTION - Sam Smith - Watching the crowd reaction to Bruce Springsteen at the Super Bowl brought to mind how much better Americans have become at collective enthusiasm than at collective action. More >>
Undernews for 3 February 2009
Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 2:25 pm | Undernews
Let's say a couple borrows $100,000 on their new house. Let's say one of the pair loses their job and has to take one at a lower wage and the family is no longer able to pay the $7200 annual mortgage cost. Thanks, however, to one homeowner still being ... More >>
Undernews for 30 January 2009
Sunday, 1 February 2009, 5:52 pm | Undernews
THE POOREST PLACE IN AMERICA Matt King, Times Herald-Record, Middletown NY - Kiryas Joel is the poorest place in the country. According to the latest round of U.S. Census figures, released late last year, the village has the highest poverty rate in the ... More >>
Undernews for 29 January 2009
Sunday, 1 February 2009, 5:38 pm | Undernews
GREEN PARTY OFFICIAL REMAKES PARIS STREETS International Herald Tribune - For his efforts to reduce the privilege of car drivers in Paris, Denis Baupin has been saddled with nasty nicknames, including "Monsieur Embouteillages" (Mr. Traffic Jam), Khmer ... More >>
Undernews for 27 January 2009
Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 3:15 pm | Undernews
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Undernews For 23 January 2009
Saturday, 24 January 2009, 4:51 pm | Undernews
UNIONS: THE FOLKS WHO BROUGHT YOU THE US AIRWAYS RESCUE - Empty Wheel - They're calling it a miracle--the successful landing of a US Airways jet in the Hudson and subsequent rescue of all 155 passengers. They're detailing the heroism of all involved, starting ... More >>
Undernews For 22 January 2009
Friday, 23 January 2009, 4:11 pm | Undernews
THINKING ABOUT OBAMA - Sam Smith - Once again I'm in trouble and once again it has little to do with politics or ideology. I just don't think right about Obama. Most people of power are inherently deductive thinkers. They have learned a set of respected ... More >>
Undernews For 21 January 2009
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 3:29 pm | Undernews
Afghanistan - Obama has called for more US troops in Afghanistan without any clear explanation of what they will do there, how or why. The mission has not only been not accomplished in Afghanistan, it hasn't even been defined. Obama's plan is to ... More >>
Undernews For 20 January 2009
Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 10:16 am | Undernews
From remarks at an Inauguration Day Assembly at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tenn. Pablo J. Davis - We'll hear much, rightly, about Barack Obama's becoming the first president of acknowledged African descent. More >>
