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How about focusing our dollars on teaching methodology? Whether it be public, private, parochial, or charter, we are not leveraging computing and communications technology to the hilt.
Newsweek | Michael Hirsh | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
The abrupt and miserable end of the socialist experiment--it all happened so fast, with East Germany getting absorbed into West Germany on Oct. 3, 199...
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business
In what must rank as one of the most ironic coincidences in history, "Happy Days Are Here Again" was recorded on the day that was to be called "Black Tuesday" and become synonymous with the with the onset of the Great Depression.
Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business
The very rich and the very poor exist under capitalism and communism. We must look to the middle class, and its size and growth, to see the secret of capitalism.
Jim Selman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living
I want to create a new organization to stamp out stupidity and indifference and restore common decency and goodwill into society. I think I'll call it the National Organization of Pissed-Off Elders (N.O.P.E.).
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business
American capitalism has now become rotten to the core. Gone is the American capitalist impulse's unique sense of fair play and adherence to a level playing field, accessible to all.
Ben Cohen | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business
It turns out, Yahoo's profits are based almost entirely on the $169 million cost cutting measures it took (2,400 workers were let go), while of course protecting corporate bonuses.
Mitchell Markson | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business
While full-on capitalism may still be our love story (I hear you Michael Moore), a kinder, gentler, more benevolent and yet still profit-driven form of marketing and business is on the rise.
Patricia Martin | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business
98% of people who might otherwise be characterized as progressive (shopping green, recycling, and engaging in creative pursuits) agree with the statement, "My success depends on me."
Terry Leach | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
Policies skewed toward the maximization of profits for health insurance and, quite possibly, pharmaceutical companies, may not be good for American families.
David A. Love | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
American-style capitalism is the system that gives you pilots buying groceries with food stamps and sheriffs throwing families out of their homes. President Obama, it's time for a "new" New Deal.
Diane Francis | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business
An examination of the causes of the financial meltdown and proposals for reform to prevent new catastrophic bubbles from forming and bursting.
Richard Trumka | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business
Unions are popularly known as "the folks who brought you the weekend." In contrast, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has the distinction of trying to take away a long and ugly list of benefits.
Michael Shermer | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
In Michael Moore's worldview, a goodly portion of the American people are ignorant, uneducated, clueless pinheads too stupid to realize the fundamental principle of a loan.
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics
Today, the New York Times announced the 100th small bank failure of 2009. Don't expect any mourning. The bank isn't named "JPMorgan Chase."
Joel Epstein | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business
According to a recent report the number of millionaire households around the world fell from around 11 million in 2007 to 9 million last year. The only region going the other way -- Latin America.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics
The only distinguishing feature of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's "National Defending the American Dream Summit" was its astonishing homogeneity both in thought and in demography.
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media
Michael Moore was a guest on Sean Hannity's Fox News show tonight for spirited debate about Moore's new movie "Capitalism: A Love Story" and the roots...
Nelson Davis | Posted 10.07.2009 | Entertainment
The Michael Moore film is preachy without being "teachy." It ignores the kind of capitalist community contributions made by people such as Andrew Carnegie, Bill Gates, and even Michael Bloomberg.
Michael Shermer | Posted 10.06.2009 | World
Trade--the free exchange of products, services, and ideas between people--will not prevent war, but it attenuates its likelihood.
Steven Weber | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
What is so wrong with the things we always depended on to lead a healthy existence in our democratic society?
HuffPost's Eyes & Ears | Zach Dorfman/Mallika Rao | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
As part of our effort to comprehensively track the effect of the recession, we are asking readers around the country for their stories. These contrib...
Anis Shivani | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business
Moore explicitly states that we ought to turn to democracy as the alternative to capitalism. But the opposite of capitalism is not democracy, it is socialism.
Rob Smart | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green
Right from the start, Mr. Smith works hard to make "good food" advocates out to be a powerful force hellbent on destroying our abundant food system.
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Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 11.03.2009 | Technology