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McDonald’s Is On The Ropes..

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/4481316.htm Posted on Sat, Nov. 09, 2002 story:PUB_DESC McDonald’s to close 175 locations, cut jobs By Deborah Cohen Reuters CHICAGO – Fast-food giant McDonald’s said Friday that it will shut down about...

Widening Inequality and the Envy Politic

George W. Bush should be glad that CNN and CNBC are being plastered with aerial shots of crime scenes from the random killings in and around DC. Before the Washington Sniper started popping suburbanites, America was just starting to get down to a serious discussion of...

Re: “Bowling for Columbine,” Opens This Friday

Michael, Why is it that people who consider voting in an election an inconvenience would go to see a movie to show support for its message? Don’t get me wrong — I think this is the case. People will go to see your movie as much to be entertained and...

New York is the Real Capital of America..

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/magazine/06NYDC.html October 6, 2002 The De Facto Capital By FRANK RICH The New York Times They got it right the first time. New York was the capital of the nation at its birth. The first presidential inauguration, in 1789,...

US Postal Service Attacks UN

In the Bush Government’s latest effort at international diplomacy, the US Postal Service attacked the United Nations today in a failed attempt to disrupt the ongoing proceedings regarding Bush’s urgent call to arms against Iraq. The crack postal worker /...