Archives for December, 2014
Last week the US released a Senate report on CIA torture. Apparently the torture included “rectal feeding”, which sounds more like sexual assault to me. Anyway, it appears little was gained from the torture, perhaps other than gratifying retribution. It has been known for centuries that torture doesn’t work. The…
These days, we are told that the US has powered out of recession and the country can look forward to GDP growth next year of 3% or so. Or perhaps not. The chart below shows annual growth in private sector jobs in the US since 1949. It is not pretty.…