Paul Phillips

LATEST ARTICLES ( 506 )

• A Nice Recognition of Fed’s Actions to Help Economy

  

  ABC News posted a very positive op-ed regarding the Fed’s use of quantitative easing (QE), which the author nicely summarizes as “a form of stimulus, but... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Best Thing We Could Do About Inequality Is Universal Preschool – Emily Badge...

  .Very good little piece from the Atlantic Cities discussing the importance of getting involved in children’s lives and giving them a positive societal... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Be On The Right-Side For Once!

  

  Today’s NYT contains an editorial by it’s op-ed board that warns against any escalated U.S. involvement in the Syrian civil war. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Big Reason Why NSA Spying Should and Shouldn’t Worry Us: The Boston Bombing

  

  As the NSA data mining story continues to unfold, we should begin asking how the Boston Marathon terrorist attack looks in relation to this situation. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Death Knell Has Been Sounded: IRS Scandal Just Wasn’t Political

  

  Two things can safely be pointed out about the IRS scandal after more and more information has been released about it: The agency made extremely bad and somewha... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• [Attn.: This Post is a Complete Rant Which I Truly Try To...

  

  [Attn.: This post is a complete rant which I truly try to keep from posting here at Sparking the Left. But this time I could not help myself.]Could this really... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ft. Hood Shooter’s Admission Further Confirms ‘War on Terror’ is Endless

  

  The Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Hasan, has now confirmed he carried out his attack as an act of defense of the Taliban leaving no doubt he was reacting to the... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Turkish Square Protesters Take Over

  

  Turkish protesters have taken over Taksim Square (a main square in downtown Istanbul) with what began as an environmental protest protecting the Square from... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Interview with Noam Chomsky

  

  There is a good interview at Alternet with Noam Chomsky which is almost a must-read. Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus at MIT and a political thinker who the... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• FBI Nominee Comey Involved in Bush-Era Crimes

  

  Glenn Greenwald at The Guardian is on point, as usual, writing about how Pres. Obama’s nominated FBI head James Comey was involved in Bush administration’s NSA... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Syria Receives Anti-Aircraft Missiles from Russia; Israel Denounces Shipment

  

  The NYT reports that the Syrian government has reported to having procured S-300 anti-aircraft missile system from Russia. This has been a hot topic in the... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Cleric Fav Predicted to Win Iranian Presidential Election

  

  A presidential candidate is emerging in Iran that is even more conservative than Ahmadenijad. This article in the NYT reports how Saeed Jalili, with his... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Greenwald: “I Don’t Support Terror”

  

  A great op-ed by Glenn Greenwald in The Guardian that is a must read. He defends himself and others against accusations that they are terror apologists and how... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• $4 Billion to West Bank for Bridging Peace in Israel/West Bank

  

  A good article in The Post about a proposition from Sec. of State Kerry pledging a $4 billion stimulus package for the depressed West Bank in an effort to... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Effects of Gitmo Detention

  

  A good article by Letta Tayler at Salon.com based around the story of a Yemeni family whose father is a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The man was... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Capitalist Reforms in China

  

  Good article in the NYT about how the Chinese government released a new directive calling for more capitalistic reforms in the Communist nation in an effort to... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama’s New Drone Policy

  

  Yesterday, Pres. Obama outlined a new policy for using drone attacks across the Middle East that will be more transparent, more involved by Congress, and less... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Drone Attacks Receive Analysis Today in NYT

  

  A good article in the NYT on various things regarding the drone strike policy. Pres. Obama plans to lay out new architecture of usage in speech today, drone... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Testimony Shows Why U.S. Position on Iran is Laughable

  

  The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing on American policy toward Iran with a lot of information that seems almost humorous when compared... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• American Still Not Listening to Experts on Climate Change

  

  A new study of over four thousand academic papers taking a position on climate change found the same results that were published in a similar study nearly ten... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY