Memo to David Brooks: Francis Is Not Naïve for Criticizing Capitalism

Memo to David Brooks: Francis Is Not Naïve for Criticizing Capitalism Peter Laarman: What begins in the column as praise for Francis ends as a patronizing lecture on the virtuous dynamism of the market system. READ MORE shared from

THURSDAY, 25 JUNE 2015 Memo to David Brooks: Francis Is Not Naïve for Criticizing Capitalism Peter Laarman: What begins in the column as praise for Francis ends as a patronizing lecture on the virtuous dynamism of the market system READ MORE Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend After He Leaves, What Will They Say About Obama’s Foreign Policy? Murray Polner: Obama was going to be different, or so we hoped. The hundreds of thousands who joyously hailed him in Grant Park and the 1.5 million who turned out for his first inauguration were ecstatic with anticipation. The policies of the past were dead and gone. Or so we innocents thought. READ HERE The Fallout From TPP Michael Hertz: If you've kept up at all on the tortured legislative history of TPP, you understand that what has occurred shows how divided the country and both major parties have become. READ MORE Weeding Roses in Kabul Martha Hennessy: Of the estimated two million child laborers in Afghanistan, 60,000 work in Kabul, competing for meager wages. They sell bread and shine shoes on the streets to support their families so that they may eat. READ MORE Pieces of Cloth Larry Wines: Let's recognize that any time we have divided ourselves — which is usually because somebody, powerful enough to do it, excluded some of us from making our contributions — we have been diminished. READ HERE

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