by | Mar 26, 2012 | Blog, Economy
The plot of the movie "War Games" (1983) involves a slacker hacker (played by Matthew Broderick) who starts playing the game Global Thermonuclear War with Joshua, a Department of Defense (DoD) supercomputer that has been given partial control by DoD of our nuclear...
by Bill Scher | Mar 26, 2012 | Blog
While the volatile price of gas can give you whiplash and screw up household and business budgeting, the fact is the price of gas has been steadily rising since 2002. It only took a break in 2008 after the global financial crisis shattered economic demand. During this...
by Bill Scher | Mar 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: What The Supreme...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 25, 2012 | Blog
We obsess over health care in the United States, because we all want to be healthy. In the process, new evidence suggests, we're ignoring the social dynamics that actually determine our health. The U.S. Supreme Court this week begins the process of deciding the fate...