Baltimore If we didn’t have so many fast deals and multi-billion dollar scams to read about every day, then the student loan situation would be a scandal that doesn’t stop shaming everyone who touches it. Finally we have a chance to streamline the process and take out the sticky fingered middlemen skimming the cream off …
Democracy When?
Baltimore There was a good news article in the Times indicating that the African-American vote almost caught up and in some categories exceeded other groups in voting participation in the 2008 election for President. For all of the brickbats being thrown at the great efforts to register and turnout new voters there’s really only one …
Inclusionary Zoning in India
Silver Spring Dharmendra Kumar, director of ACORN India’s office in Delhi, forwarding me a fascinating article about an announcement from the government that they are preparing to “force” cities and states to create “reservations” for the poor and disadvantaged in the cities, rather than allowing land to simply be auctioned off. I’ve enclosed the whole …