Probably the second biggest threat to democracy, behind only terrorists, are the Koch Brothers. David Koch ran as vice president on the 1980 Libertarian ticket, to the right of Ronald Reagan. According to New York Times columnist Frank Rich, “his campaign called for the abolition not just of Social Security,…

ALEC, The American Legislative Exchange Council (originally the "Conservative Caucus of State Legislators") was created in 1973. Its goals were to counter the Environmental Protection Agency, Unions, and government price controls. ALEC members include conservative corporations, and conservative state and federal legislators. According to its website, ALEC "works to advance…

Considering Southern California’s weather, one would think that there are few power outages. That may have been true at one time, but SCE does little maintenance on their power grid, and almost zero upgrades. And there is absolutely no redundancy (back up systems). At my house, anytime a fly lands…

The Trans Pacific Partnership is a disastrous trade agreement designed to protect the interests of the largest multi-national corporations at the expense of workers, consumers, the environment and the foundations of American democracy. It will also negatively impact some of the poorest people in the world. The TPP is a…