Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Who is Your Favorite President (v2) (by FairVote MN) An...



Who is Your Favorite President (v2) (by FairVote MN)

An excellent, brief description of ranked-choice voting, a better method to elect people.

No, thanks: Stop saying “support the troops” - Salon.com

No, thanks: Stop saying “support the troops” - Salon.com:

He uses a lot of big words, but the general notion is that we should think carefully about who ‘the troops’ are and what we are ‘supporting’.  A seemingly apolitical slogan actually has a lot of political baggage.

Monday, August 05, 2013

A Shuffle of Aluminum, but to Banks, Pure Gold - NYTimes.com

A Shuffle of Aluminum, but to Banks, Pure Gold - NYTimes.com:

Activity of no value, costing consumers billions.  Big banks are the enemy of the common (wo)man.