God did not create the universe, the man who is
arguably Britain's most famous living scientist says in
a forthcoming book.
In the new work, The Grand Design, Professor Stephen
Hawking argues that the Big Bang, rather than occurring
following the intervention of a divine being, was
inevitable due to the law of gravity.
In his 1988 book, A Brief History of Time, Hawking ha...
Jacinta Gonzalez, an organizer with the Congress of Day
Laborers in New Orleans, tells a story about the abuse
of workers rebuilding the city after the devastation of
Hurricane Katrina. She once met a man who went to his
employer's house to demand payment for a his labor on a
construction site after the employer stiffed him of his
dues. The man's boss came at him, swinging a hammer.
The worker immediately called the police. When they
showed up, she says, the fi...
What a difference money makes. Today, Saturday the 28th
of August, 2010, Glenn Beck rallied on the steps of the
Lincoln Memorial with all the majesty of Fox News
behind him. Day after day Fox News had trumpeted the
event, organizing for it, and if Beck doesn't get a
crowd it will be no fault of those who own Fox News and
fund Glenn Beck. (Fox News is one very good reason for
an estate tax which would guarantee that no one could
buy and own networks, newspapers, and control the
media, the way Rupert Murdoch has done). I'v...
Any reduction in the number of US troops occupying Iraq
is a good thing. But the occupation is continuing, even
if on a somewhat smaller scale, with 50,000 troops.
Despite a commitment to withdraw "combat brigades,"
these 50,000 are indeed combat troops, "re-missioned"
by the Pentagon and assigned to "training and
assistance." But even Secretary of Defense Gates adm...
TO: President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michele Obama:
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a former liberation theology
priest, was elected by the people of Haiti as their
president in 1990 and again in 2000 (by 60% and 92% of
the vote respectively). Both times he was overthrown by
military coups - in 2004 directly by the US with
backing from France and Canada. UN troops have occupied
Haiti ever since, and thousands of people have been
persecuted and even killed for demanding his return.
After the earthquake, President Aristide told the
media, from his forced exile...
In a speech to the Urban League in July, President Obama
bemoaned the nation's drop from first in the world to 12th in
measures of college completion. This situation is
"economically indefensible'' and "morally inexcusable,'' he
said, and "all of us are going to have to roll up our sleeves
to change it.''
If Glenn Beck's Washington extravaganza seemed strangely
empty of political content, filled with vacuous pieties and
fetishes rather than protest, then perhaps it should be seen
as the opening act in a renewed campaign to assert the power
of the religious right. A series of four mass prayer events,
...
Daily Finance has compiled a list, from Challenger and Gray
layoff data, of the top 25 companies with the biggest job
losses this recession.
From The Layoff Kings: The 25 Companies Responsible for
700,000 Lost Jobs author Douglas McIntyre, compiled the list
below. I've added whether or not that company is known for
offshore outsourcing jobs. The actual jobs offshore
outsourced is unknown, if some ambitious res...
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico poses direct threats to
human health from inhalation or dermal contact with the oil
and dispersant chemicals, and indirect threats to seafood
safety and mental health. Physicians should be familiar with
health effects from oil spills to appropriately advise,
diagnose, and treat patients who live and work along the Gulf
Coast or wherever a major oil spill occurs.
It is hard to imagine a better setting for Jim Hightower to
renew the populist call to action than Fighting Bob Fest, the
county-fair-style outdoor gathering of 10,000 progressives
where the agitator from Austin will appear Sept. 11.
And it is hard to imagine a better time.
Hightower has for almost three decades - since his election
as Texas agriculture commissioner in the second year of t...
