For weeks now the politicians and major news companies have been going on and on about this stupid term they made up called the “fiscal cliff.” This is where the politicians threaten ordinary people with another massive economic disaster if Congress doesn’t pass a new...
Only a few months ago, a 24-year old male shot up a crowded movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing twelve people and wounding 59. It was hard not be chilled by the thought of how even an innocent trip to the movie theater isn’t safe from the violence of this...
Every year Merriam-Webster, the company which produces Webster’s dictionary, chooses a word of the year. The word is chosen by how many people look it up in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary website. This year Merriam-Webster had to bend the rules a bit because...
Right now working people are under attack. We are having our wages and benefits cut, and our work conditions are getting worse and worse. And in the face of these attacks workers are divided. We all work separate jobs, and on the job we are divided from our coworkers....
In case you haven’t noticed, the holiday season has already arrived. Everywhere we go we’re now bombarded by sights and sounds that try to convince us to stay in a festive mood and buy our loved ones all the things that will make this the holiday season to remember....
