by Dave Johnson | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog
Again and again we hear about corporations doing bad things so they can make more money: polluting, selling contaminated food or otherwise harming people's health, selling products that injure people or just don't do what they advertise, tricking and scamming people...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
There used to be something called "the HP Way." This was the description of the way Hewlett-Packard (HP) conducted its business and treated its employees and customers. Management was informal, and the majority of the company’s engineers worked in an open environment,...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Last week Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker tried to give his faltering presidential campaign a boost by proposing to essentially get rid of unions in the U.S. His proposals included banning government-employee unions, abolishing the National Labor Relations Board, creating...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Private prisons with a profit incentive to put more and more people in jail? Lobbyists exerting influence against releasing prisoners so their companies can make more money? Contracts requiring governments to imprison a certain number of people for a minimum amount of...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
The second Republican Presidential candidate debate is tonight. The ratings for the first one were through the roof and tonight's is also expected to be a ratings blockbuster. People are interested and tuning in to the campaign and the Republicans are getting all the...