To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Thinking Of Amazon Workers This Holiday Season
BY JIM HIGHTOWER During the hectic holiday shopping season, Jeff Bezos’ Amazon.com may seem like a great option, especially for us procrastinators. Anything you want can be shipped directly to your doorstep. All it takes is a few clicks on the Amazon website and – of course – some of your hard-earned money. The media […]
Charity Versus Panhandling
BY FROMA HARROP I’m paying up at this discount store, and the nice woman at the cash register asks me something like, “Do you want to support a program to help homeless teenagers get drug counseling?” “Suppose I don’t” is the thought never uttered. Instead, I say, “No, thank you” or, less forthrightly, “Not today.” […]
Crimes Without Punishment
BY JOE CONASON With the release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the use of torture by the CIA after 9/11, the final defense of the indefensible by its perpetrators, advocates and publicists is falling apart before our eyes. Not only did “enhanced interrogation,” the Nazi euphemism adopted by the Bush-Cheney Administration, […]
The Pain Of Inequality Among Yacht Buyers
BY JIM HIGHTOWER In this season of mass commercialism, let’s pause to consider the plight of simple millionaires. Why? Because we now share a common cause: Inequality. You don’t hear much about it, but millionaires are suffering a wealth gap, too, and it’s having a depressing impact on both their level of consumption and their […]
Make Rape Identities Public
BY FROMA HARROP Jackie’s shocking account of gang rape at a University of Virginia frat house has been growing holes by the day. And it has put Rolling Stone – the magazine that published it without identifying the accuser, the friends she quoted or the alleged rapists – under a harsh light. It only named […]