Archive for September, 2003
Benefits
Up till now, full time employment in a large or medium sized company was one of the only ways to ensure that you and your family were adequately covered with decent health insurance. Now, it seems, even the largest employers are seeking to cut benefits to families and spouses:
Overwhelmed by double-digit rates of increase in […]
Threat
Attorney General John Ashcroft has become a threat and a menace to our criminal justice system and to the civil liberties that have been the hallmark of this country for more than 200 years.
Time to revisit my plan to bring Conspiracy charges!
Candor
Why was there an “outbreak of candor” by Bush and his top aids, in which they denied any link between Sadaam Hussein and the September 11th attack?
The outbreak of candor among Bush and his top aides was made necessary by statements from Vice President Dick Cheney in a Sept. 14 appearance on “Meet the Press.” […]
100
OK, my first post was actually number 17, so this is only my 83rd post since June 29th. And, of course, I had my old blog before that… but still, I can’t help but feel that post number 100 has some special significance.
The site does pretty well for a latecomer to the game. I average […]
Immigrant
In honor of the Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride, Nathan Newman had a good post on how fighting for Immigrant worker’s rights is good for U.S. workers:
Economics is not a zero-sum game, either with immigration or trade. The only losses come when workers anywhere are forced to accept low wages due to government repression of […]
Bound
Rich women on the Upper East Side are having foot surgery to better fit into their shoes:
Dr. Suzanne Levine is a clinical podiatrist on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. She sculpts and plumps the feet of the well-heeled set. A $2,500 toe-shortening procedure helps some fit better into their pointy pumps. Others pay to have collagen […]
Oligarch
Via Nathan Newman:
The United States is bringing in Yegor Gaidar to advise them on how to privatize Iraq’s industries. Why is this an appalling dsgrace? Because Gaidar was the man who presided in the Yeltsin years and handed the country over to the “oligarchs” who robbed the country blind.
Class
Calpundit asks: “is there any kind of rough consensus about what income it takes to reasonably label someone as “rich” or “poor” or “middle class”? I have great respect for Kevin Drum, but the way he phrases this question (he basically lists a set of income brackets) reveals just how difficult it is for intelligent […]
Anti-War
FAIR has an article calling into question Clark’s “anti-war” record. Here is a quote from back in February:
“The credibility of the United States is on the line, and Saddam Hussein has these weapons and so, you know, we’re going to go ahead and do this and the rest of the world’s got to get with […]
Islamic
It seems that working for an organization with the name “Islamic” in it, or having a common muslim name are both likely to get you locked up in a Florida jail:
Ironically, the pair — both of whom are imams in Toronto — were on their way to a conference dealing with, among other things, the […]
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