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    • A big chill

    By Frank Paynter | Published: May 27, 2024

    It’s hard to put a dollar value on a dead sea turtle. Impossible, actually. Estimates of royalties owed to the US taxpayer for the lost oil amount to around $35 million. Chump change. Lurking somewhere offstage is the specter of a liability cap. Seventy-five million dollars per oil spill? Still chump change. The Deepwater Horizon [...]

    Posted in Bidness, Environment, Global Concern | Also tagged | Comments closed

    Invitation to visit a new blog of mine

    By Frank Paynter | Published: March 4, 2024

    “It is important to bear in mind that political campaigns are designed by the same people who sell toothpaste and cars.” — Noam Chomsky Thus begins a new blog with the preposterous and passé name Class War. The author? Yours truly, of course. Who else would hurl a dead skunk into the marketing meeting then [...]

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    Town and Gown

    By Frank Paynter | Published: July 23, 2024

    Cambridge, Massachusetts was in the news this week. A city cop busted a black professor on his own property following some verbal hassles. The professor was understandably freaked out by the cop’s behavior. The cop interpreted that as disrespect for the law or disorderly conduct or something. Basically, the effect of the arrest was to [...]

    Posted in Prison Reform, Racism | Also tagged | Comments closed