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February 22, 2011
By Rick Shaw

Two Libyan officers request asylum after refusing to bomb protestors. Without the military and police backing him, Gaddafi will be joining Mubarak. The last six days of the Libyan protests. “Civil War” is being used more and more to describe this. Labor faces a moment of truth in Wisconsin So far Walker isn’t flinching....

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Collective Bargaining Indeed

February 21, 2011
By Rick Shaw

Here’s a sure-fire way for the Union protestors in Wisconsin to lose; implement these demands; • No concessions • For a $15 national minimum wage or $5 an hour wage increase whichever is greater • For a massive program of infrastructure spending to create...

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The Wisconsin Protests

February 21, 2011
By Rick Shaw

This is why the protests in Wisconsin are significant: To an astonishing extent, the unions are the government in many locales. They elect officials and then sit down to bargain with them over their salaries and benefits. Since they are essentially bargaining with themselves,...

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The end of one welfare state and the advancement of another

February 18, 2011
By Rick Shaw

While UK is working to end their welfare state… We have a system where people too often are rewarded for doing the wrong thing, and those who strive to...

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The Decline of America

February 16, 2011
By Rick Shaw

This article on the recent purchase of the New York Stock Exchange is depressing.

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Book Review: Because It Is Wrong: Torture, Privacy and Presidential Power in the Age of Terror

January 8, 2011
By Rick Shaw

Because It Is Wrong: Torture, Privacy and Presidential Power in the Age of Terror Charles Fried and Gregory Fried 2010 W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-10: 0393069516 ISBN-13: 978-0393069518...

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