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Beware: The GOP Has Chosen to Embrace The Crazy
Perhaps you remember Sen. Barry Goldwater, the GOP’s fringy, far-right-wing 1964 presidential nominee who famously said, “Extremism in the defense
How Badly Do You Want A Really Bad President?
In the 1990s, renowned Texas progressive writer Molly Ivins regaled (and appalled) readers with her reports on the tragicomic awfulness
The Selfish Depravity of Hedge Fund “Journalism”
Throughout the country, newspaper subscribers are asking questions like: Hey, who took my Saturday paper? What happened to those political
My Newspaper Died
My newspaper died. Well, technically it still appears, but it has no life, no news, and barely a pulse. It’s
We’re Stuck on a Monopoly Merry-Go-Round
The problem with our so-called “free market” is that it’s not free for you and me. It’s largely controlled by
The Inflation Blame Game
Today, CEOs of big corporations are playing the tricky “Inflation Blame Game!” Publicly, they moan that the pandemic is slamming
The Virginia Model
Last year’s gubernatorial race in Virginia was narrowly won by Republican Glenn Youngkin. An elite Wall Street multimillionaire, he was
Jeff Bezos Goes to Sea
It’s been an all-time record year of runaway wealth for America’s billionaires, with this tiny clique vastly widening the chasm
ASSORTED NUTS
Let me say one word to you: Nuts. Now, let me say one name to you: Ted Cruz. They’ve become