POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

LABOR, n. One of the processes by which A acquires property for B.

DEBT, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave- driver.

DAWN, n. The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men prefer to rise at about that time, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach, and otherwise mortifying the flesh. They then point wit... read more

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.

~ Aldous Huxley

American corporations are starving. Forced to live on their meager multi-billion dollar income and their tiny portion of the $150 billion of corporate welfare provided annually by tax-payers (a number that barely surpasses the annual national deficit of $130 billion), their days may be numbered. Some local businesses are still in operation, a grave threat to corporate interests. What will become of the free market if we allow small private business owners to visciously compete with corpor... read more

over the past few years minneapolis has seen condos and chain
restaurants going up in every part of town. once peaceful
neighborhoods have been turned into booming financial districts where
people are tormented daily by nonstop commercialism. downtown
minneapolis has seen the worst of these attacks. hardly a single
local business has been spared, and the path of destruction has left
all of downtown a wasteland of chain stores, chain restaurants,
condos, and commercialism, leaving mi... read more