Sordid Story: Corporate Executives Get Self-Gratification from M&As
S&M is generally frowned on in polite society, but what should we make of the sordid story of M&As? Sadism and masochism (abbreviated as S&M) are generally frowned … Read more
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This is Your Brain on Aphorisms: One Dementional
Donald Trump is one dementional. Trump has real issues, but refuses to talk about them. Disinformation is raining down on us like cats and dogs! Trump rallies: Obscenes … Read more
This is Your Brain on Aphorisms: Orange Squeal
What do you get when you combine cowardly-yellow with hate-red? Orange squeal! Our political landscape is being poisoned by agent orange. A guilty party leads the guile-tea party. … Read more
A Labor Strike in Hollywood? Why Should You Care?
Why are these rich whiners staging a labor strike in Hollywood? In today’s reality, projects are rich, but writers are poor. Tinsel Town! Glamour! Riches! So why are … Read more
How Inequality Happens
One reason these Wall Street types make so much is that theirs is a dirty job — they are why inequality happens. I don’t usually cover hard-luck sob … Read more
Why Trust High-Tech Billionaires to Save Humanity?
A clique of arrogant and abusive high-tech billionaires is leading a careless assault on nature, and our future. Here’s an interesting fact: Dinosaurs dominated Earth for 165 million … Read more
What Is “Iyyikowa,” and Why Do We Need More of It?
The Choctaw have a word, “iyyikowa,” that means serving those in need… and we need more of it. Charles Dickens, writing about the inequality and social turmoil leading … Read more
What’s the Charitable Thing to Do About Widespread Inequality?
The need for charity only exists because we’re tolerating widespread inequality created by power elites. Our society has coined expressions like “philanthropist” and “season of giving” to encourage … Read more
Where to Get the Money to Start Fixing Inequality
Is fixing inequality even possible? When Jesse Jackson ran a strong populist campaign for president in 1988, advocating bold new policies and programs to address fixing inequality, establishment … Read more
Trump to Working Class: ‘Adios, Chumps’
Lavish payouts to top-floor bosses — combined with a miserliness toward rank-and-file employees who actually produce the corporate wealth — is creating an untenable income disparity in corporate … Read more
