BIG OIL'S FREE-MARKET HOKUM June 2008Five honchos of Big Oil appeared before Congress last month singing in perfect harmony their old song that skyrocketing gasoline...
DEATH BY PRIVATIZATION June 2008On January 2nd, yet another American soldier died in Iraq. But Staff Sergeant Ryan Maseth, a highly-decorated Green Beret, didn’t...
THE “VOTER FRAUD EPIDEMIC” THAT ISN’T June 2008At last, politicians are addressing the infuriating issue of election fraud. Unfortunately, they’ve tumbled down some rabbit hole inhabited by...
GROVELING IS NOT AN ENERGY POLICY June 2008Critics who carp that George W is doing nothing about the people’s problems with $4-a-gallon gasoline and that, in fact,...
WASHINGTONS CONTEMPT FOR VETS June 2008George W really has a way with words, doesn’t he? I’m not talking about his goofy malapropisms, but about the...
MCCAIN WALKS WITH GRAMM June 2008“Tell me with whom you walk, and I’ll tell you who you are,” goes the old adage. By that wisdom,...
BUSHITES ATTACK THEIR OWN MESSENGER June 2008“Self-serving.” “Sad.” “Disingenuous.” “Disgruntled.” “Unprofessional.” These are a few of the carefully-chosen negatives that White House officials are using in...
AGING AGITATORS May 2008There’s an old cliché that smug right-wingers like to fling at us: “If you’re not a liberal at 20, you...
THE PRICE OF IMPORTED SHRIMP May 2008“Giant shrimp” is said to be an oxymoron, but it’s also moronic that we’ve let shrimp become a giant problem...
WHO BENEFITS FROM CLONING? May 2008Once again, science marches on – trampling right over us in the false name of progress and efficiency. The latest...
BLACKWATER’S REWARD May 2008If a gang shoots down 17 people, those gang members are headed to jail… or worse. But if the gang...
MCCAIN’S NEW ETHICS RULES May 2008John McCain’s “straight talk express” was supposed to be running smoothly by now, but it keeps hitting bumps in the...
KEEPING UP WITH THE RICH May 2008Time for another peek into the ‘Lifestyles of the Rich… and Cranky.” Few of us hoi polloi realize that it’s...
THE TOXIC CORRUPTION OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM May 2008EnergySolutions Inc. That name has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? But whose energy problems is this company trying...
GOOFY IN BAGHDAD May 2008It’s now official: Goofy is in charge of the Bush regime’s Iraq occupation. Even as violence has ramped up again...
HERBERT HOOVER REVISITED May 2008The official story of the Great Depression is that it began with the stock market crash of 1929. Wrong. Depressions...
JPMORGAN’S “CHEATS & TRICKS” May 2008To understand today’s current mortgage crisis and spreading recession, look to an internal memo from Wall Street banking giant, JPMorgan...
THE HOMES OF HENRY KRAVIS May 2008Let’s take another peek [Lifestyles theme] into the “Lifestyles of the Rich and Cranky.” The old rich pride themselves in...
AUTOCRACY IN ACTION May 2008Is it 1984 already? Even George Orwell would not have imagined George W, who keeps pushing a post-Orwellian, autocratic America...
BIG OIL ROLLS ON May 2008Who says these are hard times? Indeed, George W recently dismissed those who are saying that America is in a...
SUPPORT OUR VETERANS May 2008Politicians should not be allowed to utter the phrase “Support Our Troops” – unless they actually do. None have shouted...
BUSH’S RECESSION May 2008George W’s mouth just can’t seem to say the R-word. Rrr…rrr…rrr, he begins, but the word “recession” simply will not...
CORPORATE GREED STRANGLES HEALTH CARE May 2008When drug company arrogance combines with insurance company avarice, look out for an explosion of gouging. The essential idea behind...
REPRESSIONS R US May 2008Trade shows can be fun. There are shows for boats, gardening, beer, and just about every other line of products,...
MIDDLE-CLASS ANGUISH May 2008The latest poll reveals that 81 percent of the American people believe our country is headed in the wrong direction....
