The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable, and having a decent standard of living. The HDI was created to emphasize that people …
The United Nations’ Human Development Index (HDI) Read More »
It’s no secret that Republican congresspeople are running up against a wall of seething hatred from their constituents in the town hall meetings that they were conducting until ordered to stop. At left, Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz makes …
Former Veep Candidate Tim Walz Makes Offer to Republican Voters Read More »
On average, Americans’ portfolios lost about five percent in the last month. The specter of deeper losses and hyper-inflation looms over us all.
I just met an interesting fellow who introduced himself as “Marc Pierre,” with a readily discernable French accent. When I asked if he was in fact French, his face lit up, as if to say, “How could you have possibly …
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Here’s what commentator David Brooks said after the White House’s mistreatment of the Ukrainian president on Friday: I was nauseated, just nauseated. All my life, I have had a certain idea of about America, that we’re a flawed country, but …
David Brooks “Nauseated” on America’s Moral Implosion Read More »
To the author of the meme here, I would respond: Regardless of the U.S. presidential administration and the general character of the president himself, very few people laugh at the United States, given that it’s the world leader, both economically …
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At left are the words of former U.S. labor secretary Robert Reich. Yes, the oligarchs (and the kings and pharaohs before them) have the money and power, but we have the people. It’s been that way since the dawn of …
At left we see what really is happening here, but it’s not going down quite the way Khrushchev imagined 70 years ago. Without a wanna-be dictator in the mix, The United States’ relation with Russia would have continued to bump …
It’s hard to disagree with the words at left, given that it’s the kid’s decision. College isn’t for everyone in the United States, and that applies, to our shame, to families that can’t afford tuition and the other considerable expenses. …
As Bernie Sanders puts it, “We cannot allow that to stand.” Yet it’s unclear what we can do about it, when the majority of congress and about half of U.S. voters support everything Trump says and does, regardless of how …
The United States Now Backs Dictatorship over Democracy Read More »
