THE IRAQ OIL RUSH July 2008Have you noticed lately that George W’s Iraq adventure has turned out to be … well, oily? For years, the...
MIXED EMOTIONS July 2008Mixed emotions are what you experience when you see your 16-year-old daughter come home from the prom with a Gideon...
DEMOCRATIZING LUXURY July 2008Time to take another peek into the “Lifestyles of the Rich… and Cranky.” A problem for many rich people is...
SKIMMING CONGRESSIONAL FUNDS July 2008Should federal agencies be allowed to skim untold millions of dollars off the top of special congressional appropriations without having...
CITIGROUP’S BIG DEAL July 2008A deal is a deal, right? That’s the promise that was made to credit card customers by Citigroup, the Wall...
THE FIGHT FOR CHANGE IN WASHINGTON July 2008Woodrow Wilson said of Washington, “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” Not long ago, lawmakers made...
TEST EVERY COW July 2008What is it with those kooky South Koreans? Thousands of them have rushed into the streets in angry protest against...
DEAD EXECUTIVES July 2008Corporate CEOs are the Golden Ones of our economy. Each of them is paid a goldmine during their privileged tenure,...
FEMA STRIKES AGAIN July 2008Martha Kegel thought she’d seen it all – the horror of the flooding of New Orleans, the callousness and incompetence...
THE “NEWS” FROM IRAQ July 2008Ho-hum. The war. Such a bore. After six years, the media is fatigued with the story. As a CBS news...
LAWMAKERS CASH IN AS LOBBYISTS July 2008Old Congress critters never die; they just flitter away to K Street. Take Dennis Hastert. Actually, he’s already taken. The...
BUSH’S IRAQ OIL GRAB June 2008Out of the question. Don’t be silly. Never was a factor. Such are the absolutes that George W, Cheney, Rummy...
THROWING OUR TROOPS TO THE SHARKS June 2008At a time when American field commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan say they need every single soldier they can get...
SPECULATORS AND OUR FOOD: EIEIO! June 2008Oh, this is just dandy! Hedge fund schemers and Wall Street manipulators – the very characters who brought us the...
AIRLINES OUTSOURCING OUR SAFETY AND JOBS June 2008Airlines have been cutting everything from pillows to staff – but what about cutting corners on the structural safety of...
WHY CEOS ARE GIGGLING June 2008In today’s economy – with jobs down, wages down, housing down, stock prices down, etcetera – it’s hard to find...
SOMEONE PLEASE SPEAK TO SECRETARY PEAKE June 2008James Peake is a man with a plan – and it truly is a sorry one. Peake is George W’s...
WRECKING THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY June 2008Gather ‘round me children, and I’ll tell you a tale. Believe it or not, there was a time, not so...
REWRITING SOME PATRIOT ACT STUPIDITY June 2008Empirical evidence notwithstanding, stupidity is not a requirement for membership in the U.S. Congress. Also, stupid acts by Congress do...
EXXON SUCKING UP PROFITS AND SUBSIDIES June 2008Time for another Gooberhead Award – presented periodically to those in the news who have their tongues going 100-miles-an-hour, but...
THE “ENRON LOOPHOLE” AND YOUR GAS PRICES June 2008In only two years, the price of crude oil – which accounts for 75 percent of gasoline prices – has...
BUSH DALLIES WHILE ECONOMY FALLS June 2008Did you get it? Did you get George W’s “signal”? The White House says that Bush was signaling to us...
RIGHT-WING WARDROBE SILLINESS June 2008Those goofy, right-wing wardrobe police are at it again, getting goofier by the day. First came the flag pin flap....
SQUEEZING THE PUBLIC OUT OF PUBLIC PARKS June 2008To find a splendid example of “The Common Good” in action, look to our nation’s extraordinary network of public parks...
AND NOW, A WORD ABOUT THE WAR June 2008George W keeps telling us that America is at war. But if were at war, he wouldn’t need to tell...
