Friday, April 1, 2011
Kidnapper's Guide to Negotiating a Budge
The Kidnapper's Guide to Negotiating a Budget (or, Why We Need an Independent, Non-Party Movement)
Captain “Sully” Blasts Shuster Amendment
Erosion of The American Dream
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Macho men are wrong on Social Security
Macho men are wrong on Social Security
The sleight of hand is that if Social Security is pulled out from the group with Medicare and Medicaid, and instead placed in the category with everything else, the charts look almost exactly the same. Indeed, any number of valuable social programmes disliked by the right – be they benefits for veterans, support for early years education, or foreign aid – could be lumped together with Medicare and Medicaid, to show that the growth in cost of the three programmes combined is also out of control.
Without the trickery, the real story behind the fiscal debate is simple: it is the costs of Medicare and Medicaid that are projected to rise hugely. This is because the cost of healthcare is projected to grow quickly too. That is happening everywhere else in the world, but the US is in an especially bad position: it already pays more than twice as much on healthcare per person when compared with other rich countries, and gains little obvious benefit for this expense. Worse, per person costs in the US are projected to rise even further, relative to both GDP and costs in other countries.
Corporate Logos Reflect Co. Principles
Corporate Logos Reflect Company Principles
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
How a Differential Gear Works
Number of Dead Sea Creatures Maybe 50X
Number of Dead Dolphins and Whales in Gulf May Be 50 Times Higher
More Profits, Fewer Jobs
More Profits, Fewer Jobs
Why record corporate profits aren't necessarily good for the economy.
Global Land Use Change Video
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
An excerpt from Blind Spot:
An excerpt from Blind Spot: Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do about It, by Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel
The Anti-Predictor:
The Anti-Predictor: A Chat with Mathematical Sociologist Duncan Watts
The Conservative States of America
The Failure of the US Education System
The Failure of the US Education System - We'll be the Last to Know
Income vs Education
The header section for comments is very interesting
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Voter Suppression
REPORT: From Poll Taxes To Voter ID Laws: A Short History of Conservative Voter Suppression