…yielding a five-point margin for Brown –50% Brown, 45% Coakley, 1% other candidates, 4% refused). In the end, the pollsters observe that the results of this election “were not a…

…concentrates wealth and income–which is disastrous to an economy as well as to a society.” at 59 Corey Robin writes in the Nation about the same problem, Reclaiming the Politics…

The Lordstown Effect Late last week, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that he will not run for president in 2020, declaring that he would prefer to stay in the Senate…

…. . . Recent Quartz article on Private Label and Brand name. Private-label brands are having a moment in 2024, and it’s no coincidence that some of the biggest winners…

by cactus Forbes and the “Self-Made” Label I’m kinda busy these days, but this topic is small pet peeve of mine: what the heck is up with Forbes and the…

…have to submit articles.” Off-label use of drugs is big business. According to The Wall Street Journal, “[FDA] is stepping into a high-stakes business issue, because off-label uses of prescription…

…the 1950s, the correctness of Brown v. Board of Education was much debated.  By the 1970s, Brown enjoyed almost unanimous support in the legal community.  Today, anyone who maintained that…

…unreasonable cases, but if it is reasonable that the off-label use of the drug might have caused the damage, then the encouraged off-label use would lead to an assumption of…

A Footnote to IT WAS BEDLAM! Lewis Corey was a pseudonym for Louis Fraida, one of the founders of the U.S. Communist Party. In a letter to Marcuse dated August…

They’re spending it on lawyers! I’m not kidding. Brown told a 27-year-old Fidelity Investments retirement specialist that big corporations can’t afford to hire people because they’re spending so much money…