Yes, to begin, let’s posit that a president with the lowest approval rating in the history of polling has no credibility about any subject of importance–and, in fact, most of the country would like, as David Letterman joked, to let Barack Obama start his new job right away. But, the current president’s pronouncements that the […]
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It’s Bozo The Clown’s Fault, Not The “Free Market”
Posted on 15 November 2008.
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The World of Wal-Mart
Posted on 01 December 2007.
A couple of items from the world of the Beast of Bentonville. First, turns out that the Beast is performing pretty badly when it comes to the Human Rights Campaign: The world’s largest retailer set a record this month but not one its managers are likely to be proud of. Wal-Mart has the ignominious […]
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The World of Wal-Mart
Posted on 01 December 2007.
A couple of items from the world of the Beast of Bentonville. First, turns out that the Beast is performing pretty badly when it comes to the Human Rights Campaign: The world’s largest retailer set a record this month but not one its managers are likely to be proud of. Wal-Mart has the ignominious […]
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The Beast Does An End Run
Posted on 21 June 2007.
   You might remember that Wal-Mart was making big-time efforts to get into the banking world–which elicited a huge wave of protest. Well, never say the folks at Bentonville aren’t relentless. If the company can’t get its way into opening up a bank, it will do the next best thing, as The New York Times […]
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