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Marc Jampole is a well-known poet and public relations executive and a former television news reporter. He writes the OpEdge blog, which covers politics and social trends from a progressive perspective.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 2, 2014 NRC storage decision may lead to building of more dangerous nuclear power plants
The news media has ignored perhaps the most important news of the week--that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is letting utilities permanently store radioactive waste in above-ground containers. The article explains why it's a disaster for the environment and the economy.
(6 comments) SHARE Monday, June 9, 2014 Obama administration trade for Bergdahl shows they've learned the meaning of due process
The article analyzes and refutes the three objections that many have raised to the exchange of prisoners with the Taliban. Some say that the soldier in question--Bowe Bergdahl--was a deserter. Others claim President Obama broke the law. Still others think he should have gotten more than one soldier in return for five Taliban fighters.
SHARE Friday, August 1, 2014 American political situation begins to resemble Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
As our political landscape begins to resemble the Wonderland into which Alice fell, the writer assigns characters to an imaginary Washington Wonderland: Our President would have to be Alice. John Boehner as unctuous but ineffectual The White Rabbit and Ted Cruz as the completely bonkers Mad Hatter are easy calls.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 14, 2014 S&P identifies problem--income inequality--but gives same absurd solution that most economists do
S&P joined the growing army of experts and organizations that say income and wealth inequality is growing in the United States and that it's hurting the economy. Like many others, though, S&P believes the way to reverse the trend is through education. The article explodes this myth and proposes that raising taxes and the minimum wage will go a long way to undoing the damage that wealth inequality is inflicting on our economy.
SHARE Friday, July 18, 2014 Racism reborn as theories on Western superiority
We've seen a number of theories lately that propose that Western society is more advanced than others and then tells us the reasons for the West's so-called superiority. This article shows that the "West is best" theories are mostly wrong and usually racist in nature.