The Defrocking of Saint Ron DeSantis December 1, 2022Breaking news: After years of failed Republican efforts to uncover any proof of widespread voter fraud by Democrats, Republican Governor...
The GOP Is Literally Going Hunting for Illegal Voters November 29, 2022This election year has added a new season to our country’s calendar: The silly season. Not silly as in fun...
Which food future will you choose? November 24, 2022America certainly has an abundance of food (even though many Americans do not), yet we face a momentous choice of...
When and where was the first Thanksgiving Feast? November 22, 2022Let’s talk Turkey! No, not the Butterball sitting in the Oval Office. I’m talking about the real thing, the big...
How Progressive Groups Can Become Their Own Lawmakers November 17, 2022America’s political, corporate, and media establishments were cocksure about their prognostications that a powerful “red wave” was about to hit...
Lessons from the Midterm Elections November 15, 2022What hit the Republican party on election day was… well, the Republican Party. Blow number one, of course, was from...
How Money is Suffocating American Democracy November 10, 2022America exists today as a bizarre anomaly – we profess to be an electoral democracy, yet we are ruled by...
You Have a Constitutional Right to Vote. Right? November 8, 2022Every election day, we’re told “Go Vote!” Your vote is sacred they tell us, it’s your Constitutional right. Well… yes...
Shhh, The Governor Is Listening November 3, 2022Although we haven’t even gotten through this year’s midterm congressional elections, it’s still not too early to start examining some...
The Sunshine State’s Dark Bully November 1, 2022How about Ron DeSantis? The Florida governor is the new darling of the right-wing media, funders, and other establishment powers...
Beware: The GOP Has Chosen to Embrace The Crazy October 27, 2022Perhaps 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? October 25, 2022In 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” October 20, 2022Throughout the country, newspaper subscribers are asking questions like: Hey, who took my Saturday paper? What happened to those political...
My Newspaper Died October 18, 2022My 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 October 13, 2022The 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 October 11, 2022Today, CEOs of big corporations are playing the tricky “Inflation Blame Game!” Publicly, they moan that the pandemic is slamming...
The Virginia Model October 6, 2022Last 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 September 29, 2022It’s been an all-time record year of runaway wealth for America’s billionaires, with this tiny clique vastly widening the chasm...
ASSORTED NUTS September 27, 2022Let me say one word to you: Nuts. Now, let me say one name to you: Ted Cruz. They’ve become...
Why Would We Let Wall Street “Care For” Our Pets? September 22, 2022Question: What does a packet of M&M’s and your local veterinarian have in common? Answer: Both are owned by Mars...
The Corporatization of Pet Care: Animal Cruelty? September 20, 2022For many people, the animals they adopt and love become more like family members than pets. We have deep relationships,...
The Embarrassment of Modern Corporate Managers September 15, 2022What makes a newspaper great? Many say it’s having street-savvy reporters and editors with the integrity to shine the light...
Welcome To Our Future of “Digital Productivity Monitoring” September 13, 2022For generations, workers have been punished by corporate bosses for watching the clock. But now, the corporate clock is watching...
What Do Truckers and Librarians Have In Common? September 8, 2022In the world of work, what two occupations might seem to have the very least in common? How about long-haul...
Clueless CEOs Confused By Workers Quitting September 6, 2022For more than a year, America’s corporate chieftains have been moaning about “The Great Resignation” – the recent phenomena of...
