S.O.B.
Sadder than corruption itself may be the revelation of how utterly banal the perpetrators can be. Here’s the story of Steven Griles, a former energy lobbyist appointed Deputy Secretary of the Interior (cue alarm bells), and Sue Ellen Woolridge, deputy chief of staff to Interior Secretary Gale Norton:
Griles came to the Interior Department in [...]
On the Booming Economy
Per McClatchy’s Washington Bureau, our economy is failing ever greater numbers of Americans:
WASHINGTON - The percentage of poor Americans who are living in severe poverty has reached a 32-year high, millions of working Americans are falling closer to the poverty line and the gulf between the nation’s “haves” and “have-nots” continues to widen.
A McClatchy Newspapers [...]
