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Corporate Avarice

FROM MY CORNER:A Footnote to History

Howell Hurst Climate & Environment, Consumerism, Corporate Avarice, Defense Spending, Economy & Finance, Homelessness, Humans, People Politics, Poverty, Putin, Refugees, Ukraine, War and Organized Mayhem, Women's Issues

As an extremely minor figure in America’s “blogging” community, not affiliated with any mainstream media institution, I do not spend time worrying about our media not publishing my writing. Mainstream media, dominated by media moguls’ gigantic multinational corporations, are so focused on their advertising goals that they have little time to notice what critical dissenters… continue reading »

FROM MY CORNER:What Leaders?

Howell Hurst Corporate Avarice, Defense Spending, Defense vs Diplomacy, Economy & Finance, Military Defense, Uncategorized, War and Organized Mayhem

Following my last column, three readers emailed me they agree it would make sense if all nations’ leaders would stop spending $$Trillions on weapons of mass destruction with which to repeatedly – century after century – kill many of each other’s country’s citizens. The rest remained silent. Do you suppose most of you also agree… continue reading »

FROM MY CORNER: Go Figure:Do The Math

Howell Hurst American News, Corporate Avarice, Defense Spending, Economy & Finance, Education, Homelessness, Humans, People Politics, Poverty, War and Organized Mayhem

I’ve decided we humans are not smart enough to last a really long time. In our American nearsighted passion, as example, for the concept of Capitalism we have entirely lost the point of life. Life is for keeping all of us alive as long as we can. It is for providing for each and every… continue reading »

FROM MY CORNER:A Guiding Light?

Howell Hurst Corporate Avarice, Defense Spending, Defense vs Diplomacy, Economy & Finance, Education, God, Humans, Military Defense, People Politics, Police, War and Organized Mayhem

No voluminously resounding response followed my last commentary, the one in which I essentially blamed America’s middle class for the USA’s political & social situation. I proposed that our well-paid complacent support of our wealthy controlling Oligarchy is the source of the poverty of 20% of our citizens. My commentary produced neither a massive hurrah… continue reading »