When Bill Gates, the richest man on earth, was asked a few years ago whether he considered himself rich, he...
George W’s personal prison camp at Guantanamo Bay is not only a hell hole for the roughly 460 men who’ve...
Good grief. In just five years, the Bushites have gone from mere zealotry to loopiness… and now to inhumanity. Since...
We know that politics can make strange bedfellows, but who would’ve thought it would get as strange as Senator Rick...
While George W, the congress, and the media have us all looking south to what they call the “invasion” of...
One of George W’s most favorite corporate honchos is Bob Nardelli, CEO of the big box megachain, Home Depot. George...
What a surprise. George W wants to turn the illegal immigration issue into another multibillion-dollar boondoggle for giant corporations. Such...
I hate to say, “I told you so,” but let me just say one name to you: Sam Alito. When...
In the first grade or earlier, most of us are told a morality story about young George Washington. As a...
In repressive regimes, it’s common for the authorities to run closed governments – and its also common for them to...
If you assume that the jury’s recent conviction of Enron CEO Kenneth Lay will chasten America’s top execs and dampen...
Stop the presses! A major discovery has been made: Dennis Hastert, the house speaker, has shown signs of having a...
All hail the new treasury secretary! All hail the bold new start that he represents! The official spin on Henry...
Hey, ours is bigger than yours! Here in Austin, we were thrilled to learn recently that the University of Texas...
They say it’s lonely at the top, but one thing is for sure: The seats are much cushier up there....
While senators loudly brag that they’re building a big wall on the Mexican border to keep out immigrants – they’ve...
Back in my schooldays, there were a couple of kids who always seemed able to get a note from their...
Did you see that picture of George W riding around in circles in a decked-out red-white-and-blue dune buggy down on...
Time to take another peek [Lifestyle Theme] into the “Lifestyles of the Rich … and Cranky.” Most of us rubes...
Okay, corporate America is shipping our manufacturing, high-tech, and professional-service jobs off to Lowwagehellistan – but at least they can’t...
It’s time for our friends in so many of the evangelical churches that have been politicized and Republicanized to face...
When the GOP’s senate leader, Bill Frist, recently proposed that Uncle Sam send $100 to every American family as a...
You’ve gotta love the consistency of the Bushites. When they ram through their multibillion-dollar tax giveaways, it’s the superrich and...
In his 2002 state-of-the-union speech, George W issued a clarion call for Americans to join in a newly-created program he...
Contrary to the “contrived wisdom” of the Powers That Be, providing health care for everyone is not an economic or...