Capital Punishment: History, Racism, and Public Opinion

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Leslie Tyler Valdez

Capital punishment is the harshest penalty allowed by the courts and the cost of this penalty can be counted in more than dollars and cents, but also in human life. Although this penalty is some sort of deterrent to violent crime, the question of how effective this punishment is remains >>>

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The Head Rush of Greed

Posted on April 22, 2012 by R.H. Smallwood

For any economy to remain robust, capital must constantly circulate from top to bottom to top to bottom again, over and over and over. This cycle is essential- and broken. Increasingly the money trickles up and stays there. Let's look at it another way. Everyone knows that capital is the >>>

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Rural Wisdom and Reproductive Rights – An Egg is Not a Chicken

Posted on April 22, 2012 by R.H. Smallwood

Have you ever raised chickens? Did you ever accidentally crack an egg into the frying pan after a rooster got to it? It is kind of icky. You might see a bit of blood on the yolk. The whole yolk might be redish-brown. Gross. But one thing is certain; that >>>

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“Free Enterprise” would be nowhere without “Big Government”

Posted on April 22, 2012 by R.H. Smallwood

The private sector cannot, and will not do everything, and not everything worth doing has a built in, direct, profit incentive. The financial benefits of major works and "socialist" ideas like public education and government incentives have a more circuitous profitability than direct product or service for money relationships. It >>>

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Why The Gold Standard Was Abandoned and Why It Can’t Work Today

Posted on April 22, 2012 by R.H. Smallwood

When you hear Libertarians or Republicans talk about restoring the Gold Standard, don't buy it for a moment. At best they are ill-informed. At worst they are intent to cripple the government's capacity to spend. The most effective way to shrink government down so small that Grover Norquist could "drown >>>

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My open letter to the generic, rank-and-file Republican/Conservative in solidarity with the 99%.

Posted on November 22, 2011 by R.H. Smallwood

I get it. You hate them. You think none of them are worth the effort it takes to spit on the sidewalk. So much venom, anger and disgust for so many people- thousands, millions of people- our children, our workers, our future- while the real villains slip by. The real >>>

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The Fall of the American Republic?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Leslie Tyler Valdez

           We have all heard people compare the Roman Empire to the current incarnation of the American Republic, referring to the ensuing downfall of that old republic as compared to the politics and policy of the United States of today. Because I am taking this course >>>

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