Taxing Our Patience
In January of 2006, the New York Times reported that everyone’s favorite agency, the IRS, withheld refunds to our poorest Americans by labeling the refunds as fraudulent. In reality, these poor folks were guilty of no crime, although today, poverty seems to be one. In spite of their dire circumstances, the IRS didn’t return their money, or even inform them that anything was wrong. No information, no money, no justice.
Deck Chairs
It is the winter holidays 2006.
I’m on vacation, but these days there is no time for relaxation. I write, and I read, and I work, and write more. It seems that every bit of information I receive is a guided message I must respond to, integrate somehow. There is meaning everywhere.
I read the financial reports of a record Dow Jones Industrial Average (12,500 as of this writing), a rebound in… Read Entire Article >
The Walmart Wiggle
The tipping point is here, folks. Sure, polar bears need life rafts in an Artic Ocean with no ice, and Iceland needs a new name, maybe Slushland, and wildfires burn out of control in over a dozen of our western states, and yes five of the last ten years have been the hottest ever recorded, but we have very encouraging signs of progress.
This year’s corporate fashion color is Green, and… Read Entire Article >
The Ultimate Gift
Welcome to summer in the city, it’s hot, its rained 4000 inches in June. I’ve always thought of the the 4th of July weekend as the official start to summer. I can imagine you’re loadin’ the kids in the car to head down the shore or out the island…..enjoy the beaches, if you can, some of them have been closed because of the complications of all the rain, does anybody… Read Entire Article >
Blood Money from Katrina
The tragedy in the gulf coast….
not the tragedy that we have seen, but the tragedy within the tragedy. In the aftermath of this destruction, we see corporate opportunism and greed. Our corporate culture that will go to no lengths to gain an advantage, including profiteering in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
So, as bodies floated, executives made plans. Emergency meetings, not about rescue operations, but about the impact that this disaster… Read Entire Article >
