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theday.com
March 17, 2018
As presidential candidates like Ralph Nader and Ross Perot have shown in the past, a third-party candidate can profoundly impact a presidential contest even drawing only a fraction of the general election vote in a few key states. "I'm not ruling that out either," Flake said. "There are going to be a lot of otherÃÂ ...
Lexington Herald Leader
March 10, 2018
In the 1960s, after some prodding from Ralph Nader, government regulators began a major push for safer cars. Which made University of Chicago economist Sam Peltzman wonder just how much safer these innovations made us. Specifically, he wondered about what economists call “moral hazard” — ourÃÂ ...
Rockland County Times
March 10, 2018
As a result of our column's plea to Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader, Nader sent an urgent message to Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol, Chair of the Assembly's Standing Committee on Codes, on February 28, 2018, urging the adoption of A-1582 (whose Senate version is S-2928), the “Rear Seat Belt Law.
Rockland County Times
March 1, 2018
Thank you for alerting me to movement of the pending rear seat belt requirement bill, Assembly Bill (A.) 1582, sponsored by Assemblyman Walter Mosely (D-57). I understand there is a similar bill pending in the Senate, Senate Bill (S.) 2928, sponsored by Senator Martin Malave Dilan (D-18). Please see theÃÂ ...
Eurasia Review
February 28, 2018
Ever wonder how the television, radio and newspaper people select whom they are going to interview or get quotes from when they are reporting the news or producing a feature? I do. What I've learned is that they go to guests that are connected with the established powers—such as think tanks inÃÂ ...
Litchfield County Times
February 28, 2018
On my weekly radio show, I recently interviewed Liam McCormack, the head of testing for Consumer Reports, a resource and monthly magazine with seven million print and online subscribers. It has always been a wonder to me why 70,000,000 people don't take advantage of this honest, nonprofit testingÃÂ ...
The Boston Globe
February 24, 2018
''If you drink water today, you are feeling the effects of David Zwick,'' said consumer advocate Ralph Nader, who 50 years ago lured Mr. Zwick from Harvard Law School to his burgeoning, whistle-blowing band of watchdog-critics of government and industry. Advertisement. After Nader spoke to students atÃÂ ...
Litchfield County Times
February 20, 2018
Seeking to capitalize on the Republicans' disarray, public cruelty and Trumpitis, the Democratic Party is gearing up for the Congressional elections of 2018. Alas, party leaders are likely to enlist the same old cast and crew. The Democratic National Committee and their state imitators are raising money fromÃÂ ...
Eurasia Review
December 31, 1999
The Heritage Foundation, with an annual budget nearing $90 million a year (including over $1 million for the salary of its president), calls itself conservative, but more often than not it practices the kind of corporatism dear to the impulses of President Trump. The Washington-based “think tank/lobbying firm”à...
Litchfield County Times
December 31, 1999
Ever wonder how the television, radio and newspaper people select whom they are going to interview or get quotes from when they are reporting the news or producing a feature? I do. What I've learned is that they go to guests that are connected with the established powers — such as think tanks inÃÂ ...
Sonoma State University NewsCenter
December 31, 1999
Ralph Nader's career of political activism has spanned more than 50 years and continues today with the passion that has been his hallmark. In an interview before his lecture at Sonoma State University, Nader, now 84, remained an unwavering advocate of the people against big corporations andÃÂ ...
Paste Magazine
February 6, 2018
... self-evidently bad and privileged in the manner of all meritocratic self-help moralizing, especially if you know that Megan McArdle comes from a rich, connected family, graduated from an Ivy League college, and went from liberal to libertarian at a young age because she thought Ralph Nader was evil.
River Falls Journal
February 4, 2018
I don't know how many times I've heard, "How can you be a conservative?" Not why, but how, as though conservative beliefs and I are like oil and water. I'm a nice person, I'm told. I have friends and family of color, some who are immigrants. I'm a lifelong volunteer. I support environmental organizations andÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 4, 2018
In 2000, Ralph Nader pulled just enough votes from Al Gore and altered our country dramatically, especially on environmental issues, where the two stood on the same side. And just eight years earlier, George H. W. Bush lost as an incumbent to Bill Clinton in large part because of a more serious third-partyÃÂ ...
Eurasia Review
February 2, 2018
Almost every day, entertainment, sports, media, political and even some business organizations are jettisoning their top officials and incumbents after reported accusations of sexual harassment and sexual assaults of their subordinates. They're not waiting for prosecutors, courts or regulators to take action.
Dark Reading
January 27, 2018
Back in 1965, a young Ralph Nader wrote an evisceration of the US auto industry. This book, Unsafe at Any Speed, attacked the industry for lagging behind best practices with respect to safety — essentially, carmakers were putting the public at risk by their reluctance to invest in safety features. It's hard toÃÂ ...
Eurasia Review
January 27, 2018
In falsely bragging about the alleged benefits to the middle class from the tax law enacted by the Republicans last month, the Trumpsters neglected to give high visibility to the state regulators who must require utility and insurance companies to pass savings from the tax cuts on to their consumers.
Eurasia Review
January 18, 2018
Former President Barack Obama continues to mystify his supporters. He is watching his successor tear down what they see as his administration's hard-earned initiatives to protect the people's health, safety and economic well-being, while twisting Washington toward more coddled, tax-subsidizedÃÂ ...
Rockland County Times
January 18, 2018
The Rockland County Times, starting on November 30, 2017, through its Ombudsman, joined the efforts of the Center for Auto Safety, founded by Ralph Nader, to demand that Chrysler recall 160,000 Pacifica Minvans due to their dangerous stalling problems. The author of this column represented RalphÃÂ ...
Fox Business
January 16, 2018
Former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader is calling out the e-commerce giant, and all other big companies that have cash flow, to pay its shareholders a dividend. “For 20 years Amazon is sitting on a pile of cash and a lot of executive wealth hasn't paid a dividend, that money belongs to theÃÂ ...
Litchfield County Times
January 10, 2018
For decades, the factors that decided what noteworthy stories would not find their way into print or on the air came down to the media's ignorance, laziness or from advertising restraints. How else can one explain the many years that passed before the tobacco, auto and junk food industries became theÃÂ ...
Litchfield County Times
January 10, 2018
“Sorry we're not taking cash or checks,” said the clerk at the Fed Ex counter over a decade ago to an intern. “Only credit cards.” Since then, the relentless intensification of coercive commercialism has been moving toward a cashless economy, when all consumers are incarcerated within a prison ofÃÂ ...
Eurasia Review
January 5, 2018
“Sorry we're not taking cash or checks,” said the clerk at the Fed Ex counter over a decade ago to an intern. “Only credit cards.” Since then, the relentless intensification of coercive commercialism has been moving toward a cashless economy, when all consumers are incarcerated within a prison ofÃÂ ...
Litchfield County Times
January 3, 2018
A major chapter in American history — rarely taught in our schools — is how ever larger corporations have moved to game, neutralize and undermine the people's continual efforts to protect our touted democratic society. It is a fascinating story of the relentless exercise of power conceived or seized byÃÂ ...
Truthdig
December 31, 2017
That such a scenario is plausible to public figures such as Ralph Nader is a sign of the deep decay of democratic institutions. The two major political parties lack a coherent vision. They are subservient to corporate power. They have abandoned the common good. They have turned politics into burlesque.
Chicago Tribune
December 28, 2017
The nutrition crusader credited with popularizing the phrase "junk food" looks exactly as one would expect: bespectacled, vaguely professorial - and very, very thin. Michael Jacobson, who retired in September as executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, hasn't eaten a hot dog orÃÂ ...
Eurasia Review
December 28, 2017
Here are some of my favorite, frugal, effective non-profit citizen action organizations that you may wish to favor with your tax-deductible generosity. 1. Veterans For Peace (VFP): Composed of veterans from World War II to the present, VFP takes strong stands, including peaceful demonstrations and marches,ÃÂ ...
New Haven Register
December 28, 2017
Here are some of my favorite, frugal, effective nonprofit citizen action organizations that you may wish to favor with your tax-deductible generosity. 1. Veterans For Peace: Composed of veterans from World War II to the present, VFP takes strong stands, including peaceful demonstrations and marches, forÃÂ ...
Litchfield County Times
December 27, 2017
Back in the 1970s, there was a best-seller, widely read in the business community, called “Winning Through Intimidation.” Barack Obama should pick up a copy, because that is what Donald Trump may be doing to him. Obama stays mostly silent as the belligerent Trump rolls back or destroys the legacies ofÃÂ ...
Litchfield County Times
December 22, 2017
Donald Trump's now ubiquitous slogan, “Make America Great Again!” is often chanted at rallies, but rarely scrutinized in public discourse. What era in America's past is Mr. Trump referring to when he says Again? Would Mr. Trump prefer America return to the days of slavery, Jim Crow and labor exploitationÃÂ ...
Eurasia Review
December 17, 2017
Donald Trump's now ubiquitous slogan, “Make America Great Again!”, is often chanted at rallies, but rarely scrutinized in public discourse. What era in America's past is Mr. Trump referring to when he says “Again”? Would Mr. Trump prefer America return to the days of slavery, Jim Crow and laborÃÂ ...
KPFA
December 31, 1999
On Air Prev | Next. 01.22.18 - 11:00am The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – January 22, 2018. Ralph Nader talks about what's happening in America, what's happening around the world, and most importantly what's happening underneath it all. The Ralph Nader Radio Hour ÷ Listenà...
Wisconsin Gazette
December 31, 1999
The American people are spending a significant amount of time observing and thinking about your presidency and its robust tweeting operation as president. Three areas of interest and concern comprise this letter's purpose: With news of the forthcoming medical examination by your physicians, there willÃÂ ...
Kansas City Star (blog)
December 8, 2017
Gov. Kris Kobach.” That's what a lot of people were muttering this week when news broke of Greg Orman's interest in running for Kansas governor as an independent. Orman's entry is seen as practically handing the governor's race to the intensely controversial Kobach, who would run the state the sameÃÂ ...
Common Dreams
December 6, 2017
Ralph Nader. Tweet. Share. Share. Share. Pin. Mail. Share. 0 Comments. "If this shameless lack of transparency proves successful, Congressional Republicans will succeed in driving Capitol Hill further under the dictatorship of the oligarchs, using the people's delegated power against them." (Photo: Chip ...
The Week Magazine
November 28, 2017
The mere mention of Ralph Nader's 2000 campaign for president is enough to send most Democrats into a state of caterwauling rage. After all, Nader's presence on the ballot in Florida almost certainly narrowly cost Democratic nominee Al Gore the state and thus the election, and inflicted on America eight ...
Eurasia Review
November 24, 2017
Seeking to capitalize on the Republicans' disarray, public cruelty and Trumpitis, the Democratic Party is gearing up for the Congressional elections of 2018. Alas, party leaders are likely to enlist the same old cast and crew. The Democratic National Committee and their state imitators are raising money fromÃÂ ...
Common Dreams
November 23, 2017
So what's the plan for the Democratic Party? Looks a lot like the old plan. by. Ralph Nader. Pin. Tweet. Share. Share. Share. Mail. Share. 101 Comments. Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer has a battle ahead in the 2018 midterm elections. (Photo: Zach Gibson/AFP/Getty Images). Seeking to ...
Litchfield County Times
November 22, 2017
Victims of sexual assault by men in superior positions of power are speaking out. Big time figures in the entertainment, media, sports and ...
Eurasia Review
November 21, 2017
Please see my recent column on the practice of stock buybacks. This would be an effective point to raise to aggressively push back against the ...
Autoweek
November 21, 2017
The reason for this, of course, is Ralph Nader's landmark book of the same name that made a number of arguments against the Corvair's ...
Eurasia Review
November 18, 2017
Me Too is producing some results. At long last. Victims of sexual assault by men in superior positions of power are speaking out. Big time figures in the entertainment, media, sports and political realms are losing their positions – resigning or being told to leave. A producer at 60 Minutes thinks Wall StreetÃÂ ...
RoadandTrack.com
November 16, 2017
Gearheads of a certain age say Ralph Nader's name with disdain. The consumer advocate and frequent candidate for US President launched his lengthy career with the 1965 publication of Unsafe at Any Speed. Inspired by the more than 100 lawsuits against General Motors regarding accidents in theÃÂ ...
Common Dreams
November 15, 2017
"For centuries patriarchal mayhem has exploited women in the workplace or the home. Raw power – physical, economic and cultural, regularly, ...
Eurasia Review
October 29, 2017
As Harvard Law School celebrates its 200th anniversary with two days on October 26 and 27 of events attended by hundreds of alumni, some ...
New York Times
October 23, 2017
A Trump supporter at a campaign rally in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 2016. Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times. As a candidate, Donald ...
Madison.com
October 21, 2017
Recently it was consumer advocate Ralph Nader criticizing Obama on the ex-president's failure to step up as the pre-eminent voice of ...
Litchfield County Times
October 20, 2017
Back in the 1970s, there was a best-seller, widely read in the business community, called “Winning through Intimidation.” Barack Obama should ...
Eurasia Review
October 19, 2017
When Professor Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago received the news that he had won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic ...
American Spectator
October 16, 2017
Ralph Nader made his name “exposing” the design defects (as he styled them) of the Chevy Corvair. Leaving aside the fact that what he styled ...
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