Why did Trump back off from his Mexican border tax? May 2017Often, when world powers pick fights with seemingly powerless countries, they learn that even small dogs have sharp teeth – as...
How is Trump Like Humpty-Dumpty? May 2017Comandante Trump, El Jefe, the gringo strongman! That’s the image our current commander-in-chief seems to be cultivating. He has surrounded...
How to keep “public” and “service” in our public Postal Service May 2017A half-dollar hardly counts as money these days – it won’t even buy a cup of coffee! But… pssssst… here’s...
Real news, fake news… and BS news May 2017How can journalism help people make sense of our turbulent world if it can’t make sense of itself? In addition...
Why Paul Ryan should sit down and be very quiet April 2017For nearly half a century now, America’s middle-class working families have been pummeled by corporate greedmeisters and their political henchmen....
Hallelujah, Trump rushes to aid the needy! April 2017Of all the people suffering economic pain today, who should get priority attention from the new President and Congress? Regular...
Why is George Orwell’s “1984” a bestseller again? April 2017Tromp-tromp-tromp – troops are marching to battles. Boom-boom-boom – bombs are blowing up communities. Whooooshhh – poisonous gas is being released. Forget Syria,...
How can we stop banksters from robbing us? April 2017In an insightful song about outlaws, Woody Guthrie wrote this verse: “As through this world I travel/ I see lots...
The sad saga of John Stumpf April 2017Poor John Stumpf. The preening, silver-haired CEO of Wells Fargo sat self-assuredly atop the pecking order of the financial establishment,...
A clueless dealmaker’s deal goes down April 2017Why? That’s the big question the mass media is asking about the sudden failure of the Republican leaders’ relentless push...
Why is Trump hostile to actual facts? April 2017Question: What do you get when you mix a barrel of fables, a sack of mendacity, and a gross of...
Why Trumpcare is sickening March 2017As Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas noted, “When you buy… a new pair of pants, it usually helps to ask...
Why should we subsidize higher pay for insurance CEOs? March 2017We’re hearing a lot these days about House Speaker Paul Ryan’s 123-page legislative plan for Trumpcare, the GOP’s so-called “replacement”...
There’s a word for Trump’s latest flimflamming of workers March 2017By gollies, The Donald delivers! Trump and his new blue-ribbon panel of working-class champions have announced a bold initiative to...
Are the rich different from you and me? Ask Cadillac! March 2017You know what our country needs right now? I think we need something that can bring us together again, something...
Shouldn’t someone say: “The Emperor has no clothes” March 2017Some people who attain high public office grow in their position of trust. Some, however, just bloat. Bloat has been...
What should we do about a mentally ill president? March 2017It’s time to state the obvious: The President of the United States is deranged. I don’t mean he’s merely idiosyncratic,...
How magical is The Donald? March 2017Donald Trump, the Amazing Wunderkind of Global Luxury Living – and now Our Nation’s Phantasmagoric, Fast-charging President – is proving to be...
Trump’s hokey “mandate” March 2017Trump & Company claim to have a sweeping mandate from voters – but wait: Almost half of the electorate chose...
Searching for integrity in Trumplandia March 2017Bring those jobs back home, Donald Trump bellowed to those greedheaded corporate executives who’ve hauled our middle-class jobs out of...
Wall Street Plowboys February 2017I love the names: Bobcat Farm, Golden Eagle Ranch, Long Prairie, Pintail Vineyard, Roadrunner Ranch, and Ten Mile Farm. They...
Why Paul Ryan should sit down and be very quiet February 2017For nearly half a century now, America’s middle-class working families have been pummeled by corporate greedmeisters and their political henchmen....
What’s 2017’s biggest banking fraud? February 2017Remember way back in time, back in the old days of… 2016? Back then, Trump was on the political stump,...
Hallelujah, Trump rushes to aid the needy! February 2017Of all the people suffering economic pain today, who should get priority attention from the new President and Congress? Regular...
There’s a word for Trump’s latest flimflamming of workers February 2017By gollies, The Donald delivers! Trump and his new blue-ribbon panel of working-class champions have announced a bold initiative to...
