Author: statusquobuster

American Disappointment Joel S. Hirschhorn My anger has morphed into sadness, heartbreak actually.  As the decade of zeros ends I see nothing but a tragic, historic and deadening American Disappointment, a terrible...

Millions of Americans are politically informed, smart, active and angry.  They see many wrongs in our political and government system.  They are fed up with politics as usual, meaning corrosive corruption of...

Americans clearly are capable of being outraged.  Missing, however, is a sustained, vibrant demand for deep reforms of our political and government system.  You hear a lot about populist rage these days, especially...

“I’ve been through Y2K and I’ve been through 9/11.  I have never seen people so afraid as what we are seeing right now,” said gun shop owner Scott Moss recently.   With more guns per capita...

Tax Solution to Wretched Greed Joel S. Hirschhorn By now most Americans have experienced extreme disgust upon hearing about the nearly $20 billion in bonuses given to people in New York City’s financial sector at the end...