Do not give up on politics

Joshua Rothman, writing for The New Yorker, on Charles Taylor, the Canadian philosopher, includes this beautiful line: “Democracy is teleological,” Taylor said. “It’s a collective effort with a noble goal: inclusion.” He also said (Taylor, not Rothman) that democracy is a “fiction that we’re trying to realize.” The piece also included this: “Try to listen; find out …

If you haven’t read “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”…

Do it and do it now. The National Institute of Health has agreed to give credit to Henrietta Lacks, a poor African American woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951, but not before her cells were taken during a biopsy and used in research. The resulting research has generated billions of dollars. The Lacks …

Promises, promises…

This New York Times article says that retailers like H&M and Walmart haven’t lived up to their promises to treat fairly workers overseas. Several reports from the Asia Floor Wage Alliance says the retailers are falling far, far short. Check out this latest report. Puts a whole new meaning to the phrase “clean clothes,” yes?

So about those Panama Papers…

Corporate profits rose four times faster than state corporate income tax collections between 1990-2013. So where’d the money go, d’ya think?

It’s voting day!

Are you ready? Here’s a run-down on the how and what=for of voting in Connecticut.

Happy Labor Day

In light of the bitter cold that’s strangling Connecticut right now

Bring ’em home and get ’em homes. It’s a pretty simple equation.

Philly monsignor’s going to jail for covering up child sex abuse

Msgr. William J. Lynn is the first U.S. Roman  Catholic official to be convicted and sentenced to jail (three to six years in a decision handed down Tuesday) for covering up the church’s child sex abuse scandal. You can read more here. Given the environment post the Freeh Report on Penn State, do you think …

We need the DISCLOSE Act

And I’m not the only one who says so. Writes Bill Moyers: Ask any magician and they’ll tell you that the secret to a successful magic trick is misdirection — distracting the crowd so they don’t realize how they’re being fooled. Get them watching your left hand while your right hand palms the silver dollar: …

How Target fails the vomit test

Target, Political donations, PAC, Vomit test, Change.org