Let’s talk pills. To treat everything from allergies to heart problems, half of Americans take a prescription medicine every day, and nearly all of us reach for the pill bottle on occasion.
It's perfectly sa... Read more...
COVID-19 has been a doubly-deadly disaster for millions of Americans, destroying both life and livelihoods. But one of the most heartening responses to the crisis has come from the least-expected place: Corpora... Read more...
Wow, how about that Dow?
The Dow-Jones Average of corporate stock prices, I mean – the one economic indicator that our nation’s establishment watches religiously. They’re like ancient priests watching a burb... Read more...
With our national election looming, someone should put up "lost dog" signs in every neighborhood saying, "Missing: Republican Party Platform."
Voters won't find one though, for this so-called major political... Read more...
Wow, what a surprise! Have you seen the National Republican Party's official platform?
Perhaps, like me, you would have expected it to be a mish-mash of Trumpian miasma, laissezfairyland corporate economics,... Read more...
Top regulatory officials in Trump's government keep chanting the same one-word mantra: "Deregulate... Deregulate... Deregulate..." Day after day, these agency bosses have been "liberating" greedy business inter... Read more...
Gosh, our Trasher-in-chief has really been busy lately, calling Kamala Harris "nasty" and calling our post offices "a joke."
But, instead of trash-talking, shouldn't a president be, you know, running the gov... Read more...
As progressive champion John Lewis warned, your right to vote "is not guaranteed. You can lose it."
You see, it's one thing to "have the right" to cast your ballot, but it's quite another thing to be able to... Read more...
In this horrible time of economic collapse, it is truly touching to see so many corporate chieftains reaching out in solidarity with the hard-hit working class.
We know they're doing this because they keep t... Read more...
As horrible as the COVID-19 crisis is, it has brought out the best in the American people – the selflessness of front-line nurses and doctors, for example, as well as the generous community spirit of local food... Read more...
