Monthly Archives: September 2016
I agree with Elizabeth Preza, a staff writer for AlterNet, the website that focuses on politics, media, and cultural criticism, when she says, “Donald Trump is a bully without exception.” What’s disturbing about this fact screams from the very lead-in (also called lede) of her excellent June 2, 2016, article, “Trump’s Childish Name-Calling Is a Time-Honored Strategy of Bullying”: “Trump’s insults may seem immature, but there’s a longstanding tradition of elevating bullies to power.” Of course she couldn’t be sure at that point that he would become the Republican candidate for president,
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The title of this post today is actually a trick question. That’s because democracy is a political system and capitalism is an economic system. They’re apples and oranges. Capitalism can operate in almost any political system—monarchy, oligarchy, fascism, communism, or democracy. Democracy can likewise operate in almost any economic system—planned systems, market systems, public systems, or private systems, though some economic frameworks are more conducive to government of the people, by the people, and for the people than others. When capitalism,
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Forbes Magazine, the “other” magazine for the owners of corporate wealth and power (you know, Fortune 500 is the premier one), reports what many have warned us about at least since both Adam Smith and Karl Marx first wrote about capitalism’s dangers. Way back in February of this year, Forbes published “Unless It Changes, Capitalism Will Starve Humanity by 2050,” by contributor Drew Hansen, who goes even further than we did in Political Straight Talk,
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We are thrilled to announce that we have been invited to join the online radio program The Robert Christian Show on Election Day, Tuesday, November 8, 2016. You will definitely be hearing some political straight talk from his panel of guests, including H. John Lyke and Kathryn Robyn! For something a little different, we will be on separately!
Kathryn will join Robert from 6 pm to 7 Pacific time (9 pm Eastern).
John will join Robert from 10 to 11 pm.
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Had a great interview on the Greek-Cypriot American show Aktina FM on WNYE-FM Sunday, August 21st at 3:10 pm. We had a great time talking about Political Straight Talk with producer/host Elena Maroulleti and engaging in lively debate with callers. What a wild ride!
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/media/radio/radio-home.page
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Check out Political Straight Talk in the “book basket” on King’s Calendar!
2016 Book Basket KingsCalendar No. 22
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