FROM WHERE I STAND: Plight of Yemen and Gaza needs to be exposed
FROM WHERE I STAND: Who should take care of the radioactive leaks in Washington State?
FROM WHERE I STAND: The promise of greatness—the American F-35 airplane
BY POLLY MANN It is a magnificent but somewhat ugly flying machine called the “Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the Joint Strike Fighter,” a U.S.-built “fifth generation” stealth jet with super-advanced avionics, which has been under development for over 20 years at a cost of many billions of dollars. Over…
FROM WHERE I STAND: Short observations
FROM WHERE I STAND: Wealth inequality
BY POLLY MANN According to research on wealth by the Boston Counseling Group, by 2021 only 1% of American millionaires and billionaires will control 70% of the nation’s wealth. Currently more billionaires and millionaires live in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world, with two out of five millionaires…