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Whip Inflation Now!
Republican politicos are all over Joe Biden for failing to stop inflation. Perhaps you wonder, though, what these squawkers would

A Phoenix is Rising
Our local newspapers are being merged, purged, shrunk, shut down, and looted by Wall Street profiteers – yet there’s good

The Oracle Speaks
Mega-investor Warren Buffett once held a big portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers, and he specialized in squeezing out competitors

A wealth tax for American progress
The rich are different from you and me. For one thing, they’re rich. Among the super-rich, though, there tends to

Who was Smedley Darlington Butler, and why is he important?
Many Americans can’t believe that political coups are part of our country’s history – but consider from the Wall Street

Should We Trust Corporations to Save Our Democracy? Ha! Just kidding.
Corporate CEOs are mostly sedentary, well-heeled money people who would hardly be considered athletic. Yet, every now and then a

Corporate Sponsors Win Olympic Gold in “Downhill Ethical Backflip”
In this year’s Beijing Olympics, the top team performance has been Corporate America’s breathtaking “Double-twist Ethical Backflip.” This group of

How social distancing can bring us together
Suddenly, “social distancing” is our new national etiquette, abruptly supplanting handshakes, hugs, gatherings, and other forms of ingrained communal behavior

The deadly economic disease behind COVID-19
In this horrible time of economic collapse, it is truly touching to see so many corporate chieftains reaching out in