Governors Gone Wild or Political Assassinations?

When I first heard of the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, my only context for this information was the proposed boycott of Bank of America that Blagojevich promoted. In the days before his arrest, the Governor had made headlines for supporting former employees of Republic Windows and Doors.
Bank of America was refusing to  fund [...]

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Philanthropists and Profiteers – U2 Opts for Cash

Honored with a  Nobel Man of Peace Prize, Bono is poised to make millions of dollars at the expense of the music promotion company Live Nation.  In this article, Ethan Smith at the Wall Street Journal reported that: “The Irish rock band U2 hasn’t toured since 2006, but it stands to make $25 million [...]

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I Too Throw My Shoe

Muntather al Zaidi reminded us here in Christendom of the cultural meaning attached to shoes in the ancient city of Baghdad and the wider Muslim world. They are  vehicles for contempt and, awesomely, highly efficient projectiles . For his efforts at contesting the impunity of Bush and the tolerance of the broken bodies, ecosystems and economies left [...]

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Capitalism Requires Dishonor?

In this video, my brilliant new girlfriend Rachel Maddow tells this tale of the perverse manifestation of capitalism that increasingly sacrifices the livelihood of the many to the gluttony of the few.
Embedded within October’s Wall Street Baal-Out was the repeal of a previously untouchable tax law that prevented large corporations from concealing the portions [...]

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