Showing posts with label corporate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corporate. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

We First, by Simon Mainwaring: a review

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  There's a lot to like about Simon Mainwaring's We First . This former advertising executive pulls no punches. He tells his ...
Monday, August 12, 2013

The Return of Alien vs. Predator, or, Why Liberals Lose When They Take on Corporate Power: Part II

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On August 2, I wrote, "Modern liberals use state power to check and constrain the power of capitalism, which they see as posing th...
Friday, August 2, 2013

Alien vs. Predator, or, Why Liberals Lose When They Take on Corporate Power: Part I

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All right, it's the moment you've been waiting for. I've been explaining why "liberal" is not a badge of shame (...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

Happy Days Are Here Again?

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At 55, I watch the stock market more than I used to.  Oh, not its daily ups and downs, which are like my cats chasing each other around the ...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

So When IS the Right Time?

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You may have noticed a certain audacious argument coming from elite circles about why we shouldn't be letting the Bush era tax cuts expi...
Monday, September 6, 2010

We Are NOT Out of Iraq

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President Obama's declaration last week that combat operations in Iraq have ended is just as big a lie as President Bush's banner ,...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Health Insurance Bill is a Ticking Bomb

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I have been showing how the new federal bill that requires people to buy health insurance resembles the system we have here in Massachusetts...
Friday, April 9, 2010

You MUST Buy Health Insurance--Corporations Need Your Money!

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I've been sharing the Massachusetts experience with mandatory health insurance with my readers, so you can know what to expect from the ...
Saturday, April 3, 2010

Coverage Without Care: What's to Oppose in the New Health Care Bill. part I

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OK, so last week, in all fairness, I pointed out that the health insurance bill does contain some provisions that will help people--especial...
Monday, March 22, 2010

The Blessing and the Curse of the Health Insurance Bill

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Democrats will say that the health insurance bill which passed the House of Representatives last night is a historic expansion of the right ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Where's the Outrage--and Where Should It Be?

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Money is not the issue. Power is. A year after causing the biggest economic meltdown since the Great Depression, corporate chieftains are p...
Monday, June 1, 2009

You Must Buy Health Insurance--MGH Needs Your Money

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I will get back to the delights of midrash in a bit--but first, the latest outrage from the Massachusetts health care system. Massachusetts ...
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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Did Somebody Mention Corporate Power?

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How do we know that the Obama administration will be under pressure to cave to corporations? I couldn't say it any better than Derrick...
Friday, November 14, 2008

Obama Silent on Corporate Power

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Progressives in Somerville, as elsewhere, have invested a lot of hope in an Obama presidency. After the Bush administration's systemati...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Putting the Credit Where It Belongs

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I wrote last week that the main reason the Wall Street bailout might be a necessary evil was to keep credit flowing. It's not the big g...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Mandatory for Whom?

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Enforce the mandate and damn the cost. That was the attitude that businesses, insurers, hospitals, and even the Commonwealth of Massachuset...