Tag: US news
Why Silicon Valley is embracing universal basic income
In a pilot study influential incubator Y Combinator will hand over cash monthly to 100 families in Oakland, California. Whats UBIs payoff for tech entrepreneurs? Silicon Valley has, paradoxically, become one of the most vocal proponents of universal basic income (UBI). Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, web guru Tim OReilly and a cadre of other Silicon […]
Brexit: from an American perspective, there is only one good outcome
While UK voters have good reasons to either stay in or leave the European Union this Thursday, a British exit would only hurt the US While there are good reasons for British voters to either support or oppose the proposed withdrawal of the UK from the European Union, there is little argument at all from […]
OJ: Made in America is a damning brief against America itself
Ezra Edelmans seven-hour ESPN documentary contained little new evidence, but its thorough exploration of the case indicted this mad mess of a country What did America learn from OJ: Made in America? Technically, the seven-hour ESPN documentary, which concluded on Saturday night did not offer new evidence. Some of the things people said sounded like […]
Elizabeth Warren labels Trump ‘money-grubber’ who rooted for financial crash
Massachusetts senator says Donald Trump was drooling over the idea of a housing meltdown in latest attack on the presumptive Republican nominee Elizabeth Warren unloaded on Donald Trump in a speech on Tuesday night, calling him a money-grubber, a tool of the Wall Street banks and a tax delinquent who rooted for families to get […]
Clinton attacks Trump at SEIU rally: we don’t need a ‘bully in the pulpit’
Clinton also criticized Trump economics during event in Detroit with Service Employees International Union, which has endorsed the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton launched a no-holds-barred attack on her likely general election opponent, Donald Trump, in a speech laced with explicit warnings about the dangers of electing him to the presidency. The former US secretary of […]