David Schippers, the former Chief Investigative Counsel of the House Judiciary Committee, and a loyal Democrat, went against his party, the press, and public opinion to build a powerful case against the most corrupt President in American history and bring him to justice. The Ten Things You Can't Say in America . A landmark cultural event that will change the way we look at divorce, Judith Wallerstein's 25-year study reveals, for the first time, the effects on children through adulthood, marriage, and their own parenthood. Surely it lessens physical labor. Beginning in kindergarten, buzzers and bells teach children a factory approach to life.
Progress is a sad and ugly cult.
In 1853, Herman Melville wrote a whimsically tragic story, Bartleby the Scrivener about this situation. Even in an office ruled by a genial boss who prizes quiet and comfort, clock, desks and copying implements torment each worker. Young, middle-aged or old hate being indoors all day and have indigestion and eating disorders. From his vantage in lower Manhattan in 1855, Melville already could see that worthless work and busy-ness meant misery, a society without salvation. Daily life does not have to be organized in this oppressive and artificial way and the alternatives need not be as stark as pitching hay or filing papers.