Monday, October 22, 2012
The Man Who Created the Voter Fraud Myth
The New Yorker has an excellent story about the current frenzy about voter fraud that Republicans get so worked up over, and the man behind it. Check it out, tell me what you think. Is voter fraud a problem, or are Republican solutions cures for an illness that doesn't exist?
What Henry George Can Teach Us
I stumbled upon a post by Huffington Post blogger Chrystia Freeland today about 19th century economist and intellectual figure Henry George. I think his most well-known book, Progress and Poverty should be reexamined. I put it on my goodreads.com "to read" list. The book is in the public domain and the full text can be found online here.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Persecuted Rich
A good story in NYMAG with lots of nice graphs:
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/fantasy-world-of-the-persecuted-rich.html
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/fantasy-world-of-the-persecuted-rich.html
Monday, September 24, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Voting Wrongs by Elizabeth Drew | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
A good article about voter suppression attempts by the GOP:
Voting Wrongs by Elizabeth Drew | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
Voting Wrongs by Elizabeth Drew | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
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