Saturday, August 30, 2008
Saturday Morning (Journalism) Quarterback
The top five stories worth reading from this past week in worth-reading stories:
This week, Mother Jones has a cool interactive map of US troop presences worldwide.
Enough TALK about obscene executive pay, we need a balanced economy that works for everyone. Tax loopholes and creative accounting by the rich cost the government $20 billion a year, and at the same time Americans who lack health insurance will spend $30 billion out of pocket this year. Trickle-down economics died at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Common Dreams has a great article on twisting the idea of "elite".
In the ongoing food and water crisis rich countries used to use gun boats to seize food - now we use trade deals.
Lastly this week, Salon asks: how do we know what we know? The road from Aristotle to Wikipedia.
This week, Mother Jones has a cool interactive map of US troop presences worldwide.
Enough TALK about obscene executive pay, we need a balanced economy that works for everyone. Tax loopholes and creative accounting by the rich cost the government $20 billion a year, and at the same time Americans who lack health insurance will spend $30 billion out of pocket this year. Trickle-down economics died at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Common Dreams has a great article on twisting the idea of "elite".
In the ongoing food and water crisis rich countries used to use gun boats to seize food - now we use trade deals.
Lastly this week, Salon asks: how do we know what we know? The road from Aristotle to Wikipedia.
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