THE RISE OF AMERICAN PLUTOCRACY June 2006When Bill Gates, the richest man on earth, was asked a few years ago whether he considered himself rich, he...
THE INDELIBLE STAIN OF GITMO June 2006George W’s personal prison camp at Guantanamo Bay is not only a hell hole for the roughly 460 men who’ve...
SUICIDAL DIPLOMACY June 2006Good grief. In just five years, the Bushites have gone from mere zealotry to loopiness… and now to inhumanity. Since...
HOW STRANGE IS RICK SANTORUM? June 2006We know that politics can make strange bedfellows, but who would’ve thought it would get as strange as Senator Rick...
ATTACK BY THE CORPORATE FOXES June 2006While George W, the congress, and the media have us all looking south to what they call the “invasion” of...
THE NARDELLI MODEL June 2006One of George W’s most favorite corporate honchos is Bob Nardelli, CEO of the big box megachain, Home Depot. George...
CORPORATIZING THE BORDER June 2006What a surprise. George W wants to turn the illegal immigration issue into another multibillion-dollar boondoggle for giant corporations. Such...
ALITO STRIKES June 2006I hate to say, “I told you so,” but let me just say one name to you: Sam Alito. When...
THE ARTFUL DODGER STRIKES AGAIN June 2006In the first grade or earlier, most of us are told a morality story about young George Washington. As a...
STATE SECRETS June 2006In repressive regimes, it’s common for the authorities to run closed governments – and its also common for them to...
NARDELLI TO SHAREHOLDERS: DROP DEAD June 2006If you assume that the jury’s recent conviction of Enron CEO Kenneth Lay will chasten America’s top execs and dampen...
DENNIS JERKS INTO ACTION June 2006Stop the presses! A major discovery has been made: Dennis Hastert, the house speaker, has shown signs of having a...
NEW GUY, SAME BAD POLICY June 2006All hail the new treasury secretary! All hail the bold new start that he represents! The official spin on Henry...
UT IS NUMBER ONE! June 2006Hey, ours is bigger than yours! Here in Austin, we were thrilled to learn recently that the University of Texas...
HIGH-FLYING CEOs June 2006They say it’s lonely at the top, but one thing is for sure: The seats are much cushier up there....
BAD MEDICINE FOR NURSES June 2006While senators loudly brag that they’re building a big wall on the Mexican border to keep out immigrants – they’ve...
BUSH'S MOMMY LAWYERS June 2006Back in my schooldays, there were a couple of kids who always seemed able to get a note from their...
THE GOP'S XENOPHOBIC GOOFINESS June 2006Did you see that picture of George W riding around in circles in a decked-out red-white-and-blue dune buggy down on...
THE RUBY RED COCKTAIL June 2006Time to take another peek [Lifestyle Theme] into the “Lifestyles of the Rich … and Cranky.” Most of us rubes...
LONG-DISTANCE BURGER ORDERS June 2006Okay, corporate America is shipping our manufacturing, high-tech, and professional-service jobs off to Lowwagehellistan – but at least they can’t...
AN APPEAL TO EVANGELICAL VOTERS June 2006It’s time for our friends in so many of the evangelical churches that have been politicized and Republicanized to face...
A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR "THE PEOPLE" May 2006When the GOP’s senate leader, Bill Frist, recently proposed that Uncle Sam send $100 to every American family as a...
BUSH'S IRS GOES AFTER POOR FOLKS May 2006You’ve gotta love the consistency of the Bushites. When they ram through their multibillion-dollar tax giveaways, it’s the superrich and...
KEEPING WATCH ON YOU May 2006In his 2002 state-of-the-union speech, George W issued a clarion call for Americans to join in a newly-created program he...
HEALTH CARE MORALITY May 2006Contrary to the “contrived wisdom” of the Powers That Be, providing health care for everyone is not an economic or...
