Joel S. Hirschhorn 's items

Open Letter to John McCain (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

(World News Trust) -- Every few days I get yet another mailing begging me for money for your campaign. There is always explicit language about my being one of your supporters. But I do not support yo ...

God Bless Ralph Nader (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust -- Because he wants to salvage American democracy and help Americans, Ralph Nader is running for president again. He deserves the support of all Americans that ...

Obama Hope Beating Clinton Help (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Hope mongering has been working much better than experience mongering. Now, the rest of the story…. As befits American culture, politics is all about slick sell ...

Democracy Dreaming (Joel Hirschhorn)

We have arrived at a delusional democracy. Delusional because Americans overwhelmingly cannot admit the painful truth that their limited democracy no longer works for the good of most citizens. Inste ...

Taking Democracy Seriously (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

These are my proposed solutions: We should make voting mandatory, give voters the option of “none of the above,” make Election Day a national holiday, provide same day registration everywhere, and lo ...

Economic Inequality Is Real (Bad) (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

The U.S. middle class has not shared in rising national prosperity, because the nation’s wealth has been siphoned off to the richest Americans. Some elites are nervous.

Obama: The Democratic Messiah? (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Jan. 22, 2007 -- What a wonderful political distraction is Senator Barack Hussein Obama. Perhaps a good part of his attractiveness is that he is in so many ways ...

Runaway American Brainwashing (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Jan. 17, 2007 -- Americans have been successfully brainwashed to fear exactly what their revered Constitution gives them the right to have. Those smart Framers ...

An Open Letter To Presidential Candidate John Edwards (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust To: Presidential Candidate John Edwards Subject: Winning the presidency by defending OUR Constitution Dear Mr. Edwards, I am intrigued by your clear populist an ...

A New Year’s Resolution for ALL Presidential Candidates (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Jan. 9, 2007 -- No matter how awful you think our government and political system have become, odds are you do not know about this travesty of justice, an incre ...

Class War Weapon of Choice -- For the Holidays and All Days (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Dec. 20, 2006 -- The motto of the United States of Consumption is In More We Trust. The contribution of American culture to humanity is consumption obsession. O ...