The one thing you never want to hear your dentist say is: "Oops!"
It's also alarming to hear that from a former-US senator, 25 years after he'd passed a temporary oil subsidy for Big Oil. With world petroleu... Read more...
Donald Trump's idea of a good farm program seems to be "Hee Haw." On a recent trip to Wisconsin, he drew guffaws from the state's hard-hit dairy farmers by proclaiming that – thanks to his policies – the farm e... Read more...
Government by the rich is called plutocracy. Government by police power is autocracy. Government by thieves is kleptocracy. Government by Trump and gang, however, is all of the above, which adds up to something... Read more...
The rich are different from you and me. For one thing, they’re rich.
Among the super-rich, though, there tends to be a peculiar sense that their net worth is a testament to their true worthiness. Thus, they ... Read more...
Jesse Jackson ran a strong populist campaign for president in 1988, advocating bold new policies and programs to address inequality. This prompted establishment skeptics to scoff, "Where 'ya gonna get the money... Read more...
Corporate mega-mergers keep being announced with great hoopla, but - as we've learned from promises made by merging airlines, banks, drugmakers, etc. – most are likely to deliver less than nothing. Take 2015's ... Read more...
Here's a recipe for you: Chop up some Oscar Mayer wieners, stir in Heinz ketchup, blend with Cool Whip and Maxwell House Coffee, sprinkle Planters peanuts over the mixture, add A-1 Steak Sauce, then top it with... Read more...
Like most politicians, corporate executives never do anything wrong. If anything wrong does "happen," it's always someone else's fault.
That's been the gutless ploy of Kroger supermarket honchos who recently... Read more...
Do you shop at a Kroger supermarket? Or maybe at Ralph's, Fred Meyer, King Sooper's, or... well, never mind, all of these and more are part of the vast Kroger fiefdom of 2,759 grocery stores spanning the US, pl... Read more...
As George Bernard Shaw noted, "You don't make progress by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well-hammered yourself."
That certainly has been true of progressives in our country. It has been au... Read more...
