In the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, that nation embraced more solar and wind and took a hard look at nuclear power. Apparently, it's going to take a similar disaster in our nation to get the United States to make the switch to green energy.

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Anything Goes Thursday

• Neil McCabe, Guns & Patriots Newsletter: Where is the NRA's conscience?
• Justin Danhof, National Center for Public Policy Research: Is it free speech or a hostile work environment
• Professor Ben Agger, University of Texas at Arlington: Look out...food fight!!

Corporate executives don’t give a damn about their workers, and it’s all because of Reagan. A new analysis released by the Economic Policy Institute shows just how much of a “screw the workers” mentality today’s corporate executives have. According to EPI, in 2013, the share of corporate income that ended up in the pockets of the men and women who make corporate executives so filthy rich hit its lowest point since 1950.