Understanding your limits can often be more significant than understanding your capabilities. For all his shortcomings, Franklin D. Roosevelt knew what it meant to be the president of the United States, and more specifically, he knew its limits. His response to a reform delegation should clarify his understanding: \”Okay, you\’ve convinced me. Now go on out […] … learn more→

“Wall Street heavily donates to House Speaker John Boehner in an effort to destroy even the weakest regulations.” No serious person concerned with banking regulation was pleased with the end result of the House Democrats’ 2010 legislative response to 2008′s financial crisis. Critics like Matt Taibbi weren’t even remotely satisfied, describing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street […] … learn more→

Understanding economic theory, in law and in principle, requires a certain perception of the world. One perception requires a thorough understanding of the world as one would like it to be.The other, which is perhaps more in touch with reality, requires an acceptance of the world as it actually is, and for that, one must […] … learn more→

Understanding economic theory, in law and in principle, requires a certain perception of the world. … learn more→

It should be noted that throughout history, profound leaders would frequently associate themselves with a stable, credible, and trustworthy confidante. Perhaps a colleague who could carry out a task without regard for personal risk or expense; someone selfless, who shared the same prevailing vision but could commit to a more abiding approach to building power […] … learn more→

US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning was arrested in May 2010 for allegedly leaking classified information to Wikileaks. In July, Manning was transfered to US Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, where he was placed in solitary confinement under “maximum custody” and a restrictive “Prevention of Injury” order while he awaits trial. In April, the AP reported […] … learn more→

Syria\’s Bushar al Assad, a second generation dictator, hasn\’t hesitated in commanding a brutal and oppressive strategy to crush the grassroots, Egypt-style uprising in the country. For three weeks, Assad and his regime have murdered hundreds of protestors. Al Jazeera has reported that thousands of troops backed with tanks have swept into the southern city of […] … learn more→

After ten years as a staunch supporter of the U.S war in Afghanistan, Howard Dean has \”had a change of heart\” and now believes the war in Afghanistan \”is not winnable\”. Dean is now mobilizing his grassroots progressive group, Democracy for America, to start pressuring the Democratic Party to support pulling troops out of Afghanistan. […] … learn more→

It shouldn\’t come as a surprise that Apple, the company that made my smartphone (and probably made yours too), is committing atrocities in its factories in China. The reporting comes from two leading international research centers, the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations and Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (Sacom). They are producing what U.S \’think […] … learn more→

The Daily Telegraph was the first newspaper to release a new set of 700 WikiLeaks docs last Saturday, and once again, WikiLeaks\’ sources delivered substantial insight into American hegemony in the 21st century. This particular slew of files exposes some interesting new information on the Guantanamo detention facility. Here\’s a roundup of the results: »Roughly 29% […] … learn more→