DON'T LOOK DOWN AT IMMIGRANTS, LOOK UP April 2006Here’s a modest suggestion for dealing with illegal immigration: Instead of everyone looking down at all those impoverished Mexicans coming...
TOM'S GONE BUT THE STENCH REMAINS April 2006At last, Tom DeLay has succumbed to the scandal of his own making and finally done something positive for the...
WAR PROFITS AND BAT MITZVAHS April 2006David H. Brooks loves his little girl and, like any good dad, wanted her to have a memorable Bat Mitzvah....
THE SENATE SELLS OUT TO LOBBYISTS April 2006After the U.S. senate okayed its lobbying reform bill, Senator Chris Dodd puffed himself up and exhaled this whopper: “There’s...
THE CORPORATE PENTAGON April 2006Thanks to a vigilant reader, I’ve come across the website of America’s largest, oldest, busiest, and most successful corporation. At...
DON'T WEEP FOR WEILL April 2006As tax time approaches, I’m sure that your greatest worry is about the tax burden being shouldered by America’s richest...
FOR THE LOVE OF NATURE April 2006When George W announced that he was naming Gov. Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho to be his new secretary of the...
WHAT HAPPENED TO LOBBYIST REFORM? April 2006When congress says it’s going to reform itself, we peasants should, (a) laugh uproariously, (b) run for the hills, or...
ASHCROFT RESURFACES April 2006All of you John “Mad Dog” Ashcroft fans will be glad to hear that he’s back in government! Well, not...
TURNING COOKIES INTO ARMOR April 2006George “Flimflam” Bush is back with his traveling medicine show, trying yet again to sell us that old elixir he...
TRIVIALIZING OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS April 2006Big political news! There’s been a major development affecting the 2008 presidential race. Dateline: Memphis, Tennessee. At a meeting of...
A REGIME OF INJUSTICE March 2006The BushCheney Regime asserts that the hundreds of captives it has stashed in the military prisons of Guantanamo Bay have...
WAL-MART SEARCHES FOR ETHICS March 2006You’ll be thrilled to learn that Wal-Mart has been taking bold steps to spiff up its sordid image! Not such...
ONE SENATOR TAKES A STAND March 2006Out in the desert, even in the starkest environment, you sometimes come across a flower – and what a joy...
OUR COMICALLY-INEPT CONGRESS March 2006When I look at today’s congress, I think of the scarecrow, the tinman, and the lion in The Wizard of...
DOING SOMETHING ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING March 2006Instead of recognizing the obvious – that global warming is fast reaching the tipping point where it becomes irreversible (and...
STOP NAIS! March 2006Listen up, America. Apparently, there’s a big, new threat to our national security: Terrorist chickens. Luckily, though, our national government,...
LEARNING FROM CHILE'S PRIVATIZED PENSIONS March 2006George W called it “a great example,” declaring that our country should “take some lessons” from it. The “it” that...
ANIMAL FARM MEETS THE MARX BROTHERS March 2006You’ll be excited to learn that your government is protecting you with a new surveillance program! It’s the National Animal...
MR. PRESIDENT, GREENLAND IS MELTING March 2006George W’s mind seems to operate in a bassackward fashion. When there is zero evidence to warrant a presidential rush...
WAL-MART'S NEW FRONT MAN March 2006Good grief! Someone take up a collection, go to Wal-Mart, and buy a clue for Andy Young. This former civil...
BUSH BY THE NUMBERS March 2006George W’s looking a bit puny these days. Not in terms of health, but in terms of his numbers. In...
RUMSFELD: THERE HE GOES AGAIN March 2006Here’s a question for Bush & Company: Can any of you even spell h-y-p-o-c-r-i-s-y? I’m prompted to ask because of...
WHAT THE PORT DEAL REVEALS March 2006It was big news when the Bushites authorized the United Arab Emirates to take over the operation of some U.S....
WHAT COLOR IS YOUR STEAK? March 2006Time for another “Gooberhead Award” [Beaniecap breakdown], presented periodically to someone in the news who has their tongue running 100...
