Future Timeline

Oregon Homelessness Case headed to Supreme Court by Thom Hartmann April 22, 2024 Introduction: (The Oregonian) A lawsuit that began in Grants Pass in 2018 will be argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court this month, potentially paving the way for nationwide changes in the ways cities address certa...

First They Came for My Appliances by Abby Zimet April 14, 2024 Introduction: (Common Dream) Okay all you naysayers whining shambolic House GOPers aren't doing their job just 'cause they're blocking border solutions, ignoring infrastructure, enabling Ukrainian deaths and barely keeping the governmen...

Now, according to capitalist measurement, this (see above post) presents a very bad outcome. No coal reaches the market from the site in question. No internalized profits result. Yet from a socialist perspective, the outcome is not so bad. Externalized diseconomies are avoided, and more sustainable ...

A common tactic used to discredit socialism is to apply metrics that were developed by and for capitalist society. This puts a premium on internalized profit and an increasing volume monetary exchange. Missing the point that today's green forms of socialism place more emphasis on sustainability and ...

General Election: Trump vs. Biden Marist Trump 48, Biden 51 Biden +3 General Election: Trump vs. Biden vs. Kennedy vs. West vs. Stein Marist Trump 38, Biden 43, Kennedy 14, West 2, Stein 2 Biden +5 Sample size: 1047 Registered Voters Source of Maris survey summary: https://www.realclearpolling.com/...

I was pleasantly surprised recently to discover that the journal Capitalism, Nature, and Socialism (CNS) is still around and is even available online. Because I have not been monitoring headlines for interesting articles, the article I have chosen to cite and link is a little dated. It was published...

The Spectacular Implosion of the Libertarian Party I just finished reading an article in Mother Jones concerning the Libertarian party in the U.S. The article traces the history of the party form the 1970s to the present and is therefore hard to cite in 350 words or less. A main thing to note is ho...

Government Investigating Archer-Daniels-Midland by Sky Chadde April 18, 2024 Introduction: (Investigate Midwest) In late 2020, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), one of America’s oldest and most profitable food companies, predicted customers’ preference for foods with “bright and exciting” colors and “f...

Are Tomorrow’s Engineers Ready to Face AI’s Ethical Challenges? by Elana Goldenkoff and Erin A. Cech April 19, 2024 Introduction: (The Conversation) A chatbot turns hostile. A test version of a Roomba vacuum collects images of users in private situations. A Black woman is falsely identified as a su...