By Mickey Friedman March 9, 2014 It’s not often I get a letter from President Obama. In big letters on the front of the envelope it asked: “Do you still have my back?” My legal name is Michael but my…
Category: Wealth in America
Occupy Rome
By Mickey Friedman December 8, 2013 I would have said my mother is rolling over in her grave except she has no grave to roll over in. I scattered her ashes where we had scattered my father’s ashes. But she’s…
A More Mickey America
Mickey Friedman January 25, 2012 I’ve tried to convince Bill Shein not to run for Congress. But my friend hasn’t listened to me. Don’t get me wrong, Bill would make a fine Congressman. And I’ll vote for him. It’s just…
Re-Invent America; Re-Imagine the World
Mickey Friedman December 2, 2011 (This column, without illustrations, appeared in the Berkshire Record on Thursday, December 1, 2011. This morning my very conservative friend Anthony told me I should start packing. This time I went too far; I’d probably…
Sen. Downing’s ‘Tips Bill’ & Fundraising Raise Questions
By Bill Shein October 31, 2011 There’s at least one thread that runs through the many-flavored Occupy Wall Street protests: Big money from a narrow economic elite, flowing into and around our political system, has distorted participatory democracy to create…
Occupy Main Street
By Mickey Friedman October 6, 2011 There’s nothing like leaving home to help you see what’s happening at home. I just spent two glorious weeks in the Costa Rican rain forest trying my very best to do nothing but look…
Robin Hood & the 400 Richest Families
Thanks to the folks at United for A Fair Economy (UFE), we now have a pretty good idea what Robin Hood might do with the wealth of the richest 400 families in America. Turns out they’re not really rich, they’re…