Author: populist

…This concentration of banking cartel wealth and power is the opposite of what Adam Smith, the ideological godfather of free market capitalism, advocated in his writings including his seminal work The Wealth of Nations....

… It’s the weak and defenseless who die in any conflict; seldom the ones who either spark or perpetuate the spilling of blood. The hunt for Hezbollah leaders is translating into civilian casualties, and even if...

…Inviting China, India, South Africa, Mexico and Brazil to the shindig in St. Petersburg didn’t validate or add luster to this G-8 gathering; it only underlined the need for all issues of concern to the peoples of...

…I’m just a simple man and I sometimes have trouble understanding some of the things that go on in the big world. It is really hard to sort out what goes on in places like Israel and Palestine and Lebanon, but let me...

…The “what is next?” has been asked over the past five days by many energy experts. The biggest worry now is that Israel’s two-fronted bombardment will draw in the Syrians and Iranians into an oil-gutted...