“HORSE AND SPARROW” ECONOMICS February 2009Time for another Gooberhead Award – presented periodically to those in the news who’ve got their mouths running 100 miles...
WHY AMERICA NEEDS A TRUTH COMMISSION February 2009Alberto, Alberto, Alberto. Please, just go away. Alberto Gonzales, I mean – George W’s devious White House counsel and attorney...
WHAT’S THE WORD FOR WALL STREET GREED? February 2009America’s titans of finance have caused the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression, and what is their reaction? Party...
HOME DEPOT EXEC BLOWS A GASKET February 2009Time for another Gooberhead Award – presented periodically to those in the news who’ve got their tongues running 100 miles...
THE UPSIDE TO DOWNSIZING February 2009Let’s check today’s scores: Home Depot: 7,000; GM: 2,000; Sprint: 8,000; Texas Instruments: 3,400; Caterpillar: 20,000; and Pfizer: 26,000. That’s...
DEREGULATION IS KILLING US February 2009Gosh, the corporate-friendly deregulation agenda just keeps giving, doesn’t it? The latest gift is salmonella contamination in peanut butter. It...
THE CIA’S UPRISING IN AFGHANISTAN February 2009You’ve gotta love the CIA for always giving it the old college try. The “it” can be highly questionable, even...
IS GEITHNER REALLY THE BEST THERE IS? February 2009How ironic that the U.S. Senate confirmed Timothy Geithner to be our new treasury secretary only a week after President...
STEALTH PRICE INCREASES ON CONSUMER PRODUCTS January 2009Good grief! Whole industries are downsizing, paychecks are shrinking, home values are dwindling, and our 401Ks are deflating to 1Ks....
FLYING THE MONOPOLISTIC SKIES January 2009The geniuses who run our country’s airlines have come up with a nifty marketing tool to help boost their bottom...
THE CLUELESSNESS OF WALL STREET CEOS January 2009This is going to sound silly, given the massive bailouts that Wall Street’s financial giants are receiving from us taxpayers,...
STOP CODDLING ELITE CROOKS January 2009Let’s say you’re a run-of-the-mill burglar arrested for stealing $50,000-worth of stuff. How deep in jail would you be right...
GRUMPY BUSHITES January 2009After the inauguration of the new president, Dick Cheney was grumpy. OK, he’s always grumpy, but this was grumpier than...
BANKER BONUSES January 2009O bitter bile and gall, the wretched unfairness of Wall Street’s ongoing debacle is almost too much to swallow. I...
BRINGING FAIRNESS TO THE AMERICAN WORKPLACE January 2009It’s a scream to hear corporate chieftains insist that there simply is no more need for unions in America. “In...
OBAMA MUST BE EVEN BOLDER THAN FDR January 2009When Franklin Roosevelt was accused of being a traitor to his own privileged class, he jauntily replied: “I welcome their...
DOING TIME, THE MADOFF WAY January 2009That Bernie – what a guy! Bernie Madoff, I’m talking about, the world-champion Ponzi schemer who has confessed to bilking...
A NEW LEVEL OF WALL STREET ARROGANCE January 2009Goodness gracious, Congress is really getting tough on Wall Street bankers, isn’t it? In a remarkable act of bipartisan boldness,...
WHY THE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT IS SO BELOVED January 2009Arizona Govenor Janet Napolitano is moving to Washington to become head of the Homeland Security Department in the Obama administration,...
AL “THE VICTIM” GONZALES January 2009As George W prepares to depart Washington, it’s appropriate to reflect for a moment on the millions of innocent victims...
PUT SOME BITE IN OUR FINANCIAL WATCHDOGS January 2009After Bernard Madoff confessed to looting some $50 billion from investors in a widespread Ponzi scheme, a Democratic member of...
WHY NOT BRAND PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES? January 2009Shhhhh. Don’t tell anyone, but George W’s pharaonic new presidential library is being funded by special interests. Such as whom,...
GOOFS AND GOTCHAS January 2009Let’s take another trip into the Far, Far, FAR OUT World of Free Enterprise. Today, Spaceship Hightower takes you into...
THE DEATH OF JOURNALISM January 2009A Detroit newspaper executive has announced a startling breakthrough: “We think it’s time to take a geometric leap forward in...
WHO PAYS FOR CEO MISMANAGEMENT? January 2009Should you be well-paid for doing shoddy work? If you answered “yes” you might have a future as a Wall...
