Like Samsonite's Black Label Vintage line, the Hartmann Luxe Collection harks back to the days when luggage had personality. Hartmann does their carry-ons and travelers in a wool/nylon blend fabric which is then trimmed in leather. The bags are sturdy and some of the pieces in the line have telescoping handles and wheels. The various pieces are available in apple green or sky blue, either one with brown polka dots. Prices start at $38 for a passport cover.
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Thom Hartmann Explains the Commons
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Thom Hartmann describes what ‘the commons' means. He defines ‘the commons' – the commonwealth – as the idea that certain assets should be in public ownership. Services vital to our collective survival, like water, must remain in the public sector and not be privatized.
Thom Hartmann on the Nature of Man
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Are human beings good? Thom Hartmann says that the myth that human beings are bad has led to authoritarian and hierarchical systems of government. Humanity and human nature are inherently good and democracy is hard-wired into human behavior.
Thom Hartmann on the Move Towards Autocratic Governance
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Thom Hartmann describes the historic shift towards autocratic governance in Europe and North America. Conservative think-tanks in the USA prompted a shift towards the deregulation of trade, growth of multinational corporations and the privatization of public utilities in the 1970s. Only now do we find that deregulated trade sidelines the socio-economic needs of local communities.
Middle America Feeling the Pinch of the Economic Downturn
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With around 120,000 people declared bankrupt each month, many of the squeezed middle-class see the American dream slipping away. "Our national myth is changing", explains journalist Thomas Hartmann. Whereas hard work was once seen as the route to prosperity in the US, nowadays the best most people can hope for is a lottery win. Disenchanted with the mainstream politicians who have not done enough to help them, many are turning to the traditionalist Tea Party.
