September 2011

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke issued a warning to Congress yesterday – though they probably didn’t hear it since Speaker of the House John Boehner told everyone to go on vacation this week.  Speaking in Cleveland – Bernanke said, regarding the nation’s unemployment situation, “This is unheard of.  This has never happened in the post-war period in the United States…The unemployment situation we have, the job situatio

• J.A. Myerson, Alternet. Occupy Wall Street movement.
• Len Gilroy, Reason Foundation. Should the commons of our prisons be controlled for profit?
• Jon Collins, Minnesota Independent. Private prison company’s growth went hand-in-hand with political influence.
• Cliff Schecter, Libertas, LLC.
  

• Peter Ferrara. Jobs and taxes.
• Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Alternet. Why Is TV Suddenly Overstuffed With Buxom Bunnies, Sexy Stewardesses, and Charlie's Angels?
• Robert Borosage, Institute for America’s Future.
  

First it was Vermont – now it’s Montana.  Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana said he plans to ask the federal government to exempt his state from requirements in the Affordable Care Act – so that he can set up a universal, single-payer system like in Canada.