Clapper said he gave a false answer because he "forgot about" the PAT RIOT act.

No one could "forget about" something so important, for testimony before Congress, when he had been informed of the question in advance. His statement is really an expression of contempt for the Senate and the people. It says, "I am prepared to tell even the most incredible lies."

While reporters are losing their jobs, a few media executives and pundits are getting rich by supporting plutocracy.

Many parts of the US make parents pay for school buses. When this is applied only to magnet schools, it can have the effect of excluding excellent but poor students from magnet schools.

Most "think tanks" get funding from companies and this directly shapes the positions they take.

Poverty among children has been rising in the US, showing that the "recovery" is a misnomer.