“Wouldn't it be nice if people didn't make accusations somewhere else that they weren't willing to defend here?” mused Romney, who then defended his success in the private sector and said he was proud of what he had worked to achieve.
SAY the word "welfare" and immediately the image of the lazy Black wellare queen who breeds for profit surfaces in the minds of those who have come to believe the hideous stereotype.
"It is time to change," said Prokhorov, ranked by Forbes magazine as Russia's third-richest person, with an $18 billion metals-to-banking empire that includes the New Jersey Nets basketball team in the United States. "Stability at any price is no longer acceptable f …
SHANGHAI - Retired NBA star Yao Ming, who once dominated the basketball court, is out to try his skills in a new venue: the halls of power. On Sunday, Yao took his seat as a new member of the standing committee of Shanghai's political advisory body during its annual session. …
This tool is about the best indicator I have seen of how 3 dimensional our political views are, and how a Communist, capitalist and centrist can have the same basic government and social structure despite widely different state economic and social goals. Another key point is t …
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The British author George Orwell, best known for his anti-authoritarian works Animal Farm and 1984, was a soldier in the International Brigades supporting the Anarchist/Socialist Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. Orwell meticulously documented his first-hand o …
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A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision.
On January 1st, the minimum wage increased in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. These eight states all have laws which require them to automatically increase their respective minimum wages by the rate of inflation.
David outlines the basic premise of the alternative system he calls Economic Democracy, presented in his books Against Capitalism and After Capitalism.
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In 2009 -- 3 years after the Church got its trademark -- Adidas tried to register the name ADIZERO, for a sub-brand of its athletic clothing. Adidas is marking the line, using Bulls point guard Derrick Rose as its spokesperson. But here's the rub ... The U.S.
Communists has not initiated any private discussions.