Ted McLaughlin : Class Conflict and the Disappearance of the Middle Class

Class conflict risesas middle class disappearsThe growing inequality of wealth and income in this country has reached a point where it is now causing a conflict between the rich (the 1%) and the vast majority of Americans. By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January 16, 2012The graphic above (from Think Progress) shows what has been happening to the American middle class in the last 40 years. To

Ted McLaughlin : Are We Marching to War With Iran?

Dogs of war. Graphic from Press TV.Dogs are barking:Are we marching to war with Iran?By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January 9, 2012The animosity between the United States and Iran has a longer history than most Americans realize. Before 1950, most of the oil assets of that country were owned by Western powers (mainly the United Kingdom and the United States).The countries paid the Shah (King)