Chattooga Quarterly
Winter, 2004
USA, Inc.
Director's Page
Like most folks, I had Christmas dinner with my family. After dinner we always exchange gifts and enjoy each other’s company while watching the kids play with their new toys. Inevitably the conversation turns to a discussion of current events. We don’t always agree, but the airing of perspective is always healthy and cordial. This year’s discussion ranged from the right to display the “Ten Commandments” in the local courthouse to environmental issues. My mother, as is her nature, listened intently and eventually joined in with thoughtful and sincere commentary. Her brief comment on the “state of the world” discussion this Christmas was simply, “People are really confused right now.” Read more.
Corporations Without Conscience
As an ethicist he understood that the mechanism of the “invisible hand” would be most efficient if self-interest was restrained by conscience. With remarkable prescience Smith warned that corporations (in his day called joint-stock companies) could slip the restraints of human conscience. In our day this is pretty much what has happened. Corporations have taken on a life of their own, entities without a conscience with the potential to wreak havoc on the societies that have created them. Read more.
Whose Land Is It Anyway?
Buying my first house was one of the most exhilarating, frightening and satisfying experiences of my life. Ownership gave me a sense of security and safety. This was my home and as long as I paid the mortgage no one could take it away from me. Or could they? Across America people are discovering that sometimes holding a deed is meaningless, thanks to the growing use of the government’s power of eminent domain. Read More.
Factory Beef
Of the 35 million cows slaughtered in the U.S. each year, roughly 80 percent are processed like automotive parts on an assembly line. Just like any good production process, the system has quickly evolved into a streamlined, cost effective means of turning a raw commodity into a consumable product. Read More.
- STEKOA CREEK GETS DUMPED ON—AGAIN
- NEW NATIONAL FOREST PLANS SOON TO BE RELEASED
- LATEST POWERLINE BUZZ
- WILDERNESS VALUES MAY BE STEAMROLLED
- GEORGIA WATER RIGHTS
- HORSE TRAIL SPECIALIST TO TEACH CLINIC