Author Archives: MZR

Posted on Jul 5, 2011 By Robert Scheer Face it. We live in two nations, sharply divided by an enormous economic chasm between the super-rich and everyone else. This should be an obvious fact of life for most Americans. Just … Continue reading →

Posted on Jun 27, 2011   By Chris Hedges I visited the Hartford Courant as a high school student. It was the first time I was in a newsroom. The Connecticut paper’s newsroom, the size of a city block, was … Continue reading →

June 22, 2011   By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN There is something crazy about what is going on in our country today. Our fiscal condition continues on an unsustainable path, the European currency is heading for a crackup, the Arab world … Continue reading →

Posted on Jun 20, 2011   By Chris Hedges Tim DeChristopher is scheduled to be sentenced in a Salt Lake City courtroom by U.S. District Judge Dee Benson on July 26. He faces up to 10 years in prison and … Continue reading →

June 14, 2011   By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN You probably missed the recent special issue of China Newsweek, so let me bring you up to date. Who do you think was on the cover — named the “most influential foreign … Continue reading →

May 30, 2011 By DAVID BROOKS Over the past few weeks, America’s colleges have sent another class of graduates off into the world. These graduates possess something of inestimable value. Nearly every sensible middle-aged person would give away all their … Continue reading →

Posted on May 18, 2011 By Robert Scheer The fix was in to let the Wall Street scoundrels off the hook for the enormous damage they caused in creating the Great Recession. All of the leading politicians and officials, federal and state, … Continue reading →

Posted on May 16, 2011 By Chris Hedges The moral philosopher Cornel West, if Barack Obama’s ascent to power was a morality play, would be the voice of conscience. Rahm Emanuel, a cynical product of the Chicago political machine, would be Satan. … Continue reading →

By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 12, 2011 (IPS) – Better living through using far fewer material resources is the only possible future, experts agree. Humanity is pressing up against the limits of a finite planet to provide resources like … Continue reading →

Annie Savoy [Opening narration] I believe in the Church of Baseball. I’ve tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I’ve worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, … Continue reading →