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Corporations are evading taxes

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:04 PM
The majority of US corporations are evading (or at least avoiding) paying their fair share of income taxes : Two out of every three United States corporations paid no federal income taxes from 1998 through 2005, according to a report released Tuesday
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Bush spins ethanol, lies about ANWR

Saturday, May 03, 2008 11:20 PM
Following a speech in Missouri yesterday, President Bush engaged in an exceedingly rare question-and-answer session with employees of the company where he was speaking. Among other topics, he repeated his threadbare spin of ethanol as a viable fuel source
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$200 a barrel coming soon?

Monday, April 28, 2008 10:45 PM
I'm not one to automatically trust the word of any OPEC minister, but this quote from Chakib Khelil, Algeria's energy minister, bears some consideration : Opec's president on Monday warned oil prices could hit $200 a barrel and there would be little the
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The distraction du jour: Obama's comments on alienation

Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:25 PM
Barack Obama said this yesterday : "In a lot of these communities in big industrial states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, people have been beaten down so long. ... The jobs have been gone now for 25 years, and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through
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On the Olympic torch protests

Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:26 PM
When China was awarded the 2008 Olympics seven years ago, the executive director of the International Olympic Committee made the announcement with breathtaking naiveté : Beijing was the front-runner throughout the race, even with criticism about its human
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The horrid Colombia "Free" Trade Agreement, in a nutshell

Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:11 PM
President Bush signed the Colombia Free Trade Agreement yesterday and sent it to Congress for consideration, over the objections of practically anyone with a conscience : President Bush’s decision to send the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to
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Far removed from the conscience of the world

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:46 PM
Global Issues has published a run-down of recent statistics on global poverty. Among the startling findings: Half the world -- nearly three billion people -- live on less than two dollars a day. [...] According to UNICEF, 26,500-30,000 children die each
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A forked tongue speaks in Bali

Monday, December 03, 2007 9:55 PM
The Bali conference on climate change has begun; its goal is to establish a framework for negotiating a treaty which will pick up the slack when the Kyoto protocol expires in 2012. The US delegation and the White House have been making public pronouncements
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The Chinese beating us at our own game

Monday, November 05, 2007 9:07 PM
China's state-owned oil company, PetroChina, held its IPO today on the Shanghai stock market. The debut raised $9 billion in one day; since this offering was only a tiny fraction of PetroChina's total stock, the company ended the trading day with a market
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The death trade

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:50 PM
This article provides an in-depth survey of the current state of international arms trading. A couple of choice quotes: Vast government subsidies are sought after in the pursuit of arms trading. US and European corporations receive enormous tax breaks
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Child labor in Gap sweatshops

Saturday, October 27, 2007 7:29 PM
This is outrageous : Child workers [in India], some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for Gap Kids, one of the most successful arms of the high street giant.
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Venezuela and Iran team up

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:40 PM
Well, this certainly isn't a good sign : Venezuela and Iran are forging closer oil ties in hopes of reducing their dependence on the United States, inking a $4 billion deal to develop a block of the lucrative Orinoco Reserve in Venezuela. According to
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Some cold water on nuclear

Monday, July 09, 2007 6:05 PM
This Bloomberg article (via Andrew Eder ) goes into quite a bit of detail about TVA's current and past nuclear program. This part caught my eye (although I don't know how these estimates were derived): Investment banking consultant Gary L. Hunt, president
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China-free products

Saturday, July 07, 2007 2:32 PM
This is a very, very good idea : It's bound to go down the wrong way in Beijing: A U.S. health food company will label its products "China-Free" to ease concerns about contamination. Food for Health International, based in Orem, Utah, makes whole food
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Would you buy a Chinese car?

Friday, July 06, 2007 9:05 PM
Oh my Lord. Chrysler plans to start importing Chinese cars into the US : Chrysler Group signed a deal Wednesday with China’s biggest automaker, Chery, to launch a low-cost production venture that could export the first Chinese-made cars to the United
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Republicans apparently love the French after all

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:43 PM
France, for whatever bizarre reason, is a popular target of scorn and derision among wingnuts, except when it suits their purposes : Congressional and government delegations, together with the defense and aerospace industries, are making final preparations
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What NAFTA promised vs. what it delivered

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:49 PM
Remember the debate about NAFTA in the early 1990s? It was supposed to increase US exports by eliminating tariffs between the US, Canada, and Mexico. Simultaneously, it promised wholeheartedly to increase the standard of living in Mexico due to increased
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A non-apology from the Pope

Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:05 PM
The Pope faced pretty much global opprobrium and condemnation for his foot-in-mouth proclamation that the Catholic-led invasion of the Americas "had not imposed itself on the indigenous peoples" and that the invaders "purified" the natives, apparently
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