Big Mac’s new Big Data “innovation” May 2019The great thing about corporate giants is that they are such amazing business innovators. For example, in the category of...
We hear the Dow Jones Average, but why not the Doug Jones Average? May 2019Language matters. For example, the words that corporate and government officials use to report on the health of America’s economy...
Tax Dodgers Incorporated April 2019Fats Domino sings: “I found my thrill, on Blueberry Hill.” Maybe, but America’s richest corporate powers know precisely where to...
Tax day: A thrill… or a chill? April 2019How thrilling was tax day for you? I refer, of course, to the thrill of getting that big juicy reduction...
Where is AI driving us? April 2019With chaos in the White House, worsening climate disasters, more wars than we can count, and a wobbling economy here...
Free the free press from Wall Street plunderers April 2019The core idea of the "civic commons" is that we can be a self-governing people. A noble aspiration! Read more...
Who are the serial killers of America’s newspapers? April 2019In a recent two-panel cartoon, a character holds a sign saying: "First they came for the reporters." In the next panel, his sign says: "We don't know what happened after that." Read more...
Trumponomics: Batman… or Dracula? April 2019Even if a White House report is just a pack of lies, it still can reveal some awful truths. Take...
Who says Trump is not a moral leader? April 2019It’s shocking, I tell you, shocking that some millionaires and billionaires would brazenly lie and cheat to weasel their undeserving...
The unnatural disasters pushing farmers off the land March 2019As a farmer told me, “You can still make a small fortune in agriculture, but you have to start with...
How much does Donald Trump love farmers? March 2019Have you noticed how often Donald Trump prefaces his comments and tweets with phrases like “frankly,” “to tell the truth,”...
Robot farmers – E-I-E-I-O! March 2019How’re you gonna keep ’em down on the farm after they’ve seen … Angus? Not “Angus,” the breed of cattle,...
Corporations are playing with our food – and our heads March 2019From kitchen tables worldwide you can hear a chorus of parents chastising their children with the same refrain: “Stop playing...
How to fight off a bad case of “CHS” Flu March 2019Unfortunately, an exotic flu epidemic has broken out in Washington, DC. Dubbed the “Canadian Hot Sauce Flu,” it uniquely afflicts...
Trump’s one-word re-election campaign March 2019“Socialism,” snarled The Donald at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient crowd of Trumpistas snarled back...
Trump’s one-word re-election campaign March 2019“Socialism,” snarled The Donald at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient crowd of Trumpistas snarled back...
Adios Amazon February 2019Amazon’s notorious attempt to squeeze $3 billion in subsidies from New York taxpayers had two very positive results: One, it...
Just say no to the corporate bribe racket February 2019The richest man in the world, who heads one of the world’s largest and richest corporations, is also filthy rich...
Can Amazon sucker the people of New York? February 2019The undisputed king of taxpayer scammers is Amazon – but a hardy band of New York commoners is delivering an...
What’s behind this photo of corporate groundbreaking? February 2019A newspaper photograph last June portrayed three guys in suits and ties shoveling dirt. They were Donald Trump, Wisconsin Governor...
What’s the cost of high living? February 2019The rich aren’t merely different from you and me… they’re ridiculous! The uber-rich, I mean, the billionaire barons of Wall...
How to keep “public” and “service” in our public Postal Service January 2019A half-dollar hardly counts as money these days – it won’t even buy a cup of coffee! But… pssssst… here’s...
The meek reality behind Trump’s pose as a Bull Moose Populist January 2019It’s been pointed out that Donnie Trump has unusually small hands… but who cares? What’s truly alarming are his unusually...
Is more technology the answer to too much technology? January 2019We humans have got to get a whole lot smarter, says Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla automobiles and...
Where is AI driving us? January 2019With chaos in the White House, worsening climate disasters, more wars than we can count, and a wobbling economy here...
