Category Archives: Marty’s Blog

JULY 28, 2015 David Brooks I’m sometimes grumpier when I stay at a nice hotel. I have certain expectations about the service that’s going to be provided. I get impatient if I have to crawl around looking for a power … Continue reading →

May 29, 2015 David Brooks A few weeks ago, I asked readers to send in essays describing their purpose in life and how they found it. A few thousand submitted contributions, and many essays are online. I’ll write more about … Continue reading →

Posted on May 25, 2015 By Robert Reich Shutterstock This post originally ran on Robert Reich’s Web page.   Last week’s settlement between the Justice Department and five giant banks reveals the appalling weakness of modern antitrust. The banks had engaged in … Continue reading →

Posted on May 24, 2015 By Chris Hedges Demonstrators protesting the influence of big corporations march on Wall Street amid heavy police presence in 2011. (AP / John Minchillo) The naive belief that history is linear, that moral progress accompanies technical progress, … Continue reading →

Thomas L. Friedman  May 20, 2015 For a presidential campaign that has started so early, it’s striking how little most of the candidates want to engage with major issues of the day, let alone the future. Hillary Clinton won’t take … Continue reading →

May 12, 2015 Arthur C Brooks NATIONWIDE, commencement speakers are preparing remarks to deliver to this year’s crop of college graduates. I was one, and frankly I was a little worried. I wanted to inspire and uplift, but I was … Continue reading →

Robert Reich- May 7, 2015 What will happen to American jobs, incomes, and wealth a decade from now? Predictions are hazardous but survivable. In 1991, in my book The Work of Nations, I separated almost all work into three categories, … Continue reading →

MAY 2, 2015 Frank Bruni IF Hillary Clinton goes the distance, she may have Shakespeare to thank. Shakespeare and beer. Both forged one of her campaign’s chief architects, Joel Benenson. Both are among his compasses. And I mention that not … Continue reading →

Robert Reich  April 28, 2015 A security guard recently told me he didn’t know how much he’d be earning from week to week because his firm kept changing his schedule and his pay. “They just don’t care,” he said. A … Continue reading →

Posted on Apr 12, 2015 By Chris Hedges   Then-presidential candidate Ralph Nader speaks to supporters in Waterbury, Conn., in 2008. (AP / George Ruhe) NEW YORK—There was a time in Washington when a letter from Ralph Nader to the president or … Continue reading →