Tag Archives: US

How Did We Come To Consider Corporations to Be Natural Persons? – What To Do Next?

Posted on January 25, 2010 by markorton

This week’s decision by the US Supreme Court to allow corporations, including unions, to hold full rights to free speech and political action under the First Amendment to the Constitution once again reminds me of the strange practical and ethical … Continue reading →

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Remarks on President Obama’s Speech on Accepting The Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo 12/10/2009

Posted on December 13, 2009 by markorton

President Obama’s speech on accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 2009 has generally been reviewed in the US with much glow about its rhetorical heights and appreciation of its depth of thought. I did not watch Obama give … Continue reading →

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Yottabytes and the National Security State

Posted on October 17, 2009 by markorton

The current New York Review of Books has an article by James Bamford, “Who’s in Big Brother’s Database” that reviews the new book by Mathew M. Aid, The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency . I … Continue reading →

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More Blather about Healthcare from “Experts”

Posted on June 16, 2009 by markorton

Acknowledge the basic facts about how the healthcare system is working today. Yesterday in a radio interview, “How to conquer health care challenges”, with Professor Glenn Melnick  from the Rand Corporation and USC, we were again offered up “expert” opinion that does … Continue reading →

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Michael Crichton’s Congo and the Transformation of the Western Mind

Posted on November 3, 2008 by markorton

Book Review/Essay  2/97 (revised 1/29/02 – maps added at bottom) (revised 6/25/03 – map of Angola superimposed on the US) Michael Crichton’s 1980 pulp novel Congo opens with an introduction that is truly arresting . I quote here the first … Continue reading →

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