Paul Douglas came to the Minneapolis / St. Paul TV market during some ratings war in the 1980s.  Because weather forecasting can be a seriou...

The rest of the world seems to think their economic prospects will get better if they get the USA and its economic hegemony often called ...

The troubles of the heavily indebted Eurozone nations are not about to disappear on their own anytime soon.  The debts are multiplied in a c...

One of the very few signs of sanity these days is that you can find excellent, well-written articles dealing with why making war on Iran is ...

This video is perhaps the most powerful I have ever seen.  It is an interview with an engineer who is trying to keep the reactors at Fukushi...

Old men with heart conditions shouldn't go around arguing with people who have no intention of letting small things like facts change th...

I am at LEAST a third generation hater of the gold standard.  I had grandfathers who tried to making a living growing food in Kansas and Min...

This article confirms what I have long suspected—that the Sweden I discovered in 1970, 1972, and 1989 exists only in the history books these...

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves throug...

It is not so very surprising that trade sanctions against a country that exports the world's most desirable commodity are extremely diff...

It's damn interesting the lengths someone or institution will go to to avoid saying, "Speculators will always take a bad situation ...

The World Bank's claim that it has helped reduce poverty worldwide by one half is being called a lie by scholars and observers independe...

This is sick.  The austerity ghouls, having worked their financial magic on Greece, will now turn their attention to Portugal (again).  Just...

One of my life's highlights was attending a meeting of a group of guys who were teaching each other how to make glider parts out of carb...

Because there is so much manufacturing excellence in Asia, it is easy to assume that they could make sustainable energy work if only they wo...

Since the World Bank has become a known hangout for neoliberal swine, it should not surprise anyone that two of the more disgusting neoliber...

Ever since the Industrial Revolution and the rise in power of the Producing Classes, there has been a growing awareness of the yawning gap b...

This a VERY small step towards returning the banking community to the civilized world.  But we must celebrate even tiny steps because it mig...

The economic history of the 1930s is probably the most interesting era of them all.  By vastly expanding the means of production, industrial...