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David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles
The Cassandra Chronicles is dedicated to stimulate "a new type of thinking" to solve major global challenges. Just as Einstein transcended the...
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DO WE LEARN NOTHING FROM HISTORY?
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― Reich’s May 18, 2012 article ("The Commencement Address That Won't Be Given") on the soaring costs of college educations and diminishing support for undergraduates reminds us of one more way in which senior generations are screwing their kids. The... (more)
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Dickens, Sinclair, Steinbeck, McClelland?
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― Mac McClelland's expose of online-warehouse working conditions is an eye-opener worthy of a Pulitzer. (I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave -- My brief, backbreaking, rage-inducing, low-paying, dildo-packing time inside the online-shipping machine.... (more)
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OCCUPY THEATERS
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― It's Time For The Occupy Movement to Come In From The Cold And Get Organized.To be clear: The Occupy Movement is nothing less than a revolution in progress, driven by resentments toward “repeated injuries and usurpations” inflicted by... (more)
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Posted on Mar 20th, 2012
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HOW (AND WHY) REPUBLICAN KINGMAKERS THREW THE 2008 ELECTION
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― Robert Reich makes a compelling case for why the "the loony right is a clear and present danger," in his recent piece: "As Santorum and Romney Battle for the Loony Right, the Rest of Us Should Not Gloat."With respect, Dr. Reich errs in supposing "... (more)
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Posted on Feb 28th, 2012
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THE LOONY RIGHT IN FULL FLIGHT
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― Last night Jon Stewart skewered Rick Santorum, revealing the Loony Right in full flight.Rick Santorum derides Kennedy’s landmark speech opening the way for Catholics’ (including Santorum) public service as President of the United States (by... (more)
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Posted on Feb 28th, 2012
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THE MYTH OF SOCIAL SECURITY/MEDICARE TRUST FUNDS
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― A popular myth, circulated by members of Congress and others, seeks to reassure retirees of the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds, claiming that surplus funds collected in Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes has been set... (more)
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Posted on Feb 23rd, 2012
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Wealth Inequality Caused the Great Recession
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― In his OP-ED piece titled “The GOP’s Suicide March” (WaPo, January 19, 2012) Charles Krauthammer says: “Now, economic inequality is an important issue, but the idea that it is the cause of America's current economic troubles is absurd.” Oh... (more)
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Posted on Jan 21st, 2012
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LIVING EISENHOWER'S AND ORWELL'S NIGHTMARES
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― The first decade of the New Millennium – the G. W. Bush years – embodied in every detail Eisenhower’s warning of “grave implications” associated with “lack of balance” and “unwarranted influence” not only of the often-cited ... (more)
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Posted on Jan 7th, 2012
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TIME FOR A NEW "NEW DEAL"
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― Those of us arguing for a reshuffling of the deck for a new "New Deal" don’t argue for equality of outcome (although that’s the shibboleth the Right tries to pin on liberals) but rather a fair distribution of the fruits of prosperity —... (more)
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Posted on Dec 21st, 2011
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Cain Punks America ... Brilliantly!
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― Last night Rachel Maddow knocked it out of the park, laying out a compelling case that Herman Cain’s presidential bid is essentially “Performance Art,” revealing the shallowness of American politics by satirizing the U.S. political process by... (more)
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Posted on Nov 5th, 2011
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EL-ERIAN SAYS "LISTEN TO OCCUPY WALL STREET"
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― To the question "Should we pay attention to Occupy Wall Street?" PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian responds with an unqualified "yes." Having watched Mohamed El-Erian on CNBC for many years, I would venture to say he is the most intelligent and ... (more)
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Posted on Oct 15th, 2011
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GLOBAL PROTESTS IN 2011 REPRISE REVOLUTIONS OF 1848
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― Mark Twain once said: "History does not repeat itself but it rhymes." The present worldwide demonstrations throughout Europe and the United States, and the "Arab Spring" of 2011 rhyme with the European Revolutions of 1848. Both were liberal... (more)
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Posted on Oct 10th, 2011
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IS CAIN ABLE?
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― Suddenly Herman Cain is hot. Today’s Wall Street Journal article by Daniel Hennigner (“Taking Cain Seriously”) wonders aloud: “Why isn’t a successful business résumé presidential material?” The article goes on to cite Mr. Cain’s... (more)
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Posted on Sep 29th, 2011
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IS LAFFER THE BEST MEDICINE?
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― If you want to see Republican supply-siders squirm, ask them this simple question about the Laffer curve: at what marginal tax rate does the “backward bend” (higher tax rates produce less revenue) begin? Even Laffer himself has not ventured an... (more)
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Posted on Sep 12th, 2011
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REPUBLICAN HYPOCRISY EXPOSED: 13 EXAMPLES
David L. Smith's Cassandra Chronicles ― Recommended reading. See: “Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult.” Two particularly disturbing attributes of today’s Republican Party are its flagrant, brazen hypocrisy and shameless pandering to their rich ... (more)
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Posted on Sep 4th, 2011
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