If fear is the yoke that keeps the American people living in ignorance, then patriotism is a set of horse blinders, preventing them from seeing that things can, or should be, any different. The media tells Americans that they live in the greatest nation on Earth. Everything is great in America. Kinney is the Great [...]

All hail Wal-Mart, the largest employer in America. It ranked sixth on the Forbes 500 list of companies in 2003. As a result of it’s huge influence on local economies, Wal-Mart has come to expect generous incentives (popularly dubbed “corporate welfare”) from state governments, in return for building in their area (Meyerson, 2003; Associated Press, [...]

Americans are a strange breed. Paradoxical. I’m quite amused as I watch the growing fervour on television concerning the race for the Democratic Presidential candidacy, and the inevitable “Dubyah vs. Someone” race for the White House. Where’s the excitement? For a nation that would riot in the streets if it was forced to endure the [...]