Economy

Reading the Washington Post every day is one of the least favorite (self-imposed) tasks of my wonderful job. The paper used to be thought of as liberal, but that was eons ago, at this point it [...]

By Judith Le Blanc   January 17 marks the 50th anniversary of President Eisenhower’s “military industrial complex” speech. As he left the White House, Ike warned that the synthesis of the [...]

This week, the co-chairs of the President’s Deficit Commission issued their report entitled, “Moment of Truth.” The report proposes to put the weight of the economic crisis on the backs of our [...]

In July, after the Congressional vote on war funding, Raul Grijalva wrote a blog entitled, A Credit Card for War, But No Cash for Teachers. He said ” We find it unacceptable that this Congress [...]

Nearly every day while I was in London (October 6-12), the newspapers carried stories about the new British government’s budget review. While there was  justificable consternation about [...]

The U.S. is the #1 weapons dealer in the world, and weapons are the country’s top manufacturing export.  The Obama Administration has had a $60 billion weapons deal to Saudi Arabia in the [...]

Gandhi Statue in the middle of London’s Tavistock Square Just got back from London, where I had a spectacular time at the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament’s annual conference (yep, CND is [...]

One Nation Working Together for Peace!  Oct 2 Lincoln Memorial at 11 AM   On Oct 2, hundreds of thousands (yes, more than at the Glenn Beck rally!) will be at the Lincoln Memorial for One Nation [...]

Madelyn Hoffman, Executive Director of New Jersey Peace Action, wrote a terrific rejoinder to a “decline of the peace movement” article published last week by Politico and Common [...]

Forty seven percent of the voters believe the Federal budget deficit is primarily due to the wars while joblessness continues to climb. The number one concern for a majority of people is the [...]