Issue #307
Clueless rich kids on the rise: How millennial aristocrats will destroy our future
Prevailing neoliberal ideology, which perverts
Prevailing neoliberal ideology, which perverts
‘Third Way’ battles for Democratic Party’s soul On a summer afternoon amid the frenzy of the Democratic National Convention in Boston 10 years ago, a group of Washington business lobbyists, political operatives, and a smattering of senators gathered at one of the city’s downtown law firms to hear a plan. Members of the group worried that,…
The Big Lobotomy: How Republicans made Congress stupid Last September, as they scrambled to decide on one final ultimatum before shutting down the federal government, Republican House leaders came up with what seemed like an odd demand: to strip their own staff of health care benefits. At the time, staffers reacted to the news with a…
(Daily Clips will not publish Thursday December 19. The editor is at work on another project.) King County Sawant: ‘2014 is going to be the year of $15 an hour in Seattle’ It wasn’t so long ago that Kshama Sawant might call a press conference at which little or no press would show up. Not anymore. The…
Warren Buffett’s warning to SF spotlights the dangers of Wall Street’s “alternative investment” schemes As the process of financializing the American economy accelerates, high-flying private equity executives, venture capitalists, and hedge fund managers are increasingly reaching their tentacles into everything. From tech to energy to health care, you name the sector and a so-called alternative investment company and its profit-taking fees are…
Right-wing “populism” is a joke: Poor-bashing, immigrant-hating, and a revolting agenda Writer John Judis presciently published an important book about American politics about a decade before its time called “The Paradox of American Democracy: Elites, Special Interests, and the Betrayal of the Public Trust” in which he accurately observed the seeds of discontent among the American public…
The State Reactions to Supreme Court decision rendering I-1053, I-1185 unconstitutional The Republican-oriented majority in the Senate says it has a plan to keep tax hikes on supermajority lockdown — despite Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling. Coalition leaders, who control which bills are brought to a full Senate vote, say they won’t allow any tax bills go…