New Orleans We’ve said it before, and we’ll keep saying it again, but Comcast’s strategy to win approval of its monopoly in cable with a merger with Times-Warner has become increasingly obvious as one that builds support almost strictly on a “pay to play” basis under its architect, chief lobbyist and bullyboy, David Cohen. …
Category: Ideas and Issues
GiveDirectly: Tech Narcissism in Africa? Or, What?
New Orleans I read a column in the New York Times by the spectacularly unreliable source, Nicholas Kristoff, that was flatly arguing in his classic neo-liberal mindless hucksterism that rather than try to change the world, perhaps it was better to simply make money and give more away. Despite the absurdity of his argument on its …
ALEC Anti-Public Worker Union Strategy Gaining Steam in the South
Little Rock The ALEC/Koch Brothers strategy to defund public worker labor unions throughout the country continues to sprout up in southern and southwestern states even while the headlines focus on the assault in the Midwest. Bills to curtail or deny payroll deductions for public worker unions have emerged front and center in a number states …