“Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.” — George Bernard Shaw ISMS, ISMS Everywhere! There have been a lot of big scary words thrown around the last few months everything from SOCIALISM!, COMMUNISM!, MARXIST!, FASCISM! YIKES! Those are some scary “ISMS”! The Reality is most Americans couldn’t [...]
by Albert Einstein This essay was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that it is. Let us first consider the [...]
Liberty & Justice For All
By ✖ the Monk ✖ on December 3rd, 2009
“When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?” ~Eleanor Roosevelt This blog was written in response to Steve Lunetta’s colum entitled “Eric Holder’s bad decisions” which appeared in my local newspaper the signal. Steve Lunetta is smember of the 38th Assembly District’s Republican Central Committee. [...]