Time Warner Cable Sucks!

Even though my take-home pay as a public school classroom teacher has gone down for each of the past four years, (soon to be five) Time Warner Cable continues to increase their fees every six months or so. It's now gone up another 5%.Long ago we gave up our H.B.O. and all other so-called "premium" services.We're now down to Time Warner's basic package, which they have the nerve to call "Classic

Davos: The Bankers' Yearly Junket

So. Here we go yet again.While working folks all over our country are experiencing losses of income not seen since the Great Depression, the world's bankers, financiers, Wall Street types, and others who don't work for their money but whose money works for them, are traveling to Davos, Switzerland. It's time for their annual convention of back-slapping and mutual admiration amidst the type of

World's Record

A train has set a world speed record in --- you guessed it--- China:BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese passenger train hit a record speed of 302 miles per hour (486 kilometers per hour) Friday during a test run of a yet-to-be opened link between Beijing and Shanghai, state media said. The Xinhua News Agency said it was the fastest speed recorded by an unmodified conventional commercial train. Other

Wonkitorial: Lights Out

In yet another sign that our country is in serious trouble, some municipalities are turning-off street lights while others are allowing paved roads to revert to gravel:The lights are going out all over America — literally. Colorado Springs has made headlines with its desperate attempt to save money by turning off a third of its streetlights, but similar things are either happening or being