2016 presidential candidates address inequality (sort of) October 2015At last, America’s political leaders indicate that they now feel the pain of the poor and of the millions of...
Can craft beer drinkers defeat the beer monopolists? October 2015Everybody in BeerWorld, listen up: This Bud’s for you! Or so we’re told by the excitable executives of Anheuser-Busch InBev....
What do fat-cat campaign donors get for their money? October 2015Oh, great – just what America’s inane, Big Money politics needed: Yet another campaign consultant. Already, candidates are walled off...
How much "free speech" can you buy? October 2015In today’s so-called “democratic” election process, Big Money doesn’t talk, it roars – usually drowning out the people’s voice. Bizarrely,...
Let's adopt the GOP's national platform October 2015Well, I didn’t expect this! The National Republican Party has published an official policy document showing that the GOP really...
Big political donors buying elections… and public policies October 2015Who does David Keating think he’s fooling? He heads an obscure, corporate-funded group pushing to wipe out the few remaining...
Should one beer behemoth control 70% of the US market October 2015“Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall/ 99 bottles of beer/ Take one down, pass it around… only one bottle...
My choice to be the next Speaker of the US House October 2015House Speaker John Boehner gave up his position because he couldn’t stand the job anymore. Next in line was Rep....
Ryan bitten on the butt by his own mad dogs October 2015If it was under the big top, it would be a hilarious clown show, with pratfalls, wild posturing, tumbling, juggling,...
Explaining congressional morality October 2015It’s always interesting to see Congress in action – though “interesting” can also be appalling. For example, what a sight...
Battling the forces of inequality in Grand Rapids October 2015“Inequality” is not a condition. It’s a creation. Inequality is produced by thousands of decisions deliberately made by bosses, bankers,...
Obama goes Kabuki on us October 2015The negotiations and the sales push behind Washington’s latest (and biggest) “free-trade” agreement amount to Kabuki theater. What theater? Kabuki....
How to buy a president for only 30 bucks and change October 2015For today’s report, I have a bunch of statistics for you. Wait… don’t run away! Where are you going? Come...
Obama says "We are writing the rules." Who's "we"? October 2015Gosh, Americans don’t need enemies like China when we’ve got “protectors” like Obama. In his pitch to get us to...
Just "doing the best we can"… can make a difference October 2015Toward the end of his life, the civil rights champion and Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall, was asked how he...
Proud "Partners" corporatize our parks October 2015While we Americans celebrate the 100th anniversary of our National Park Service, America’s so-called “leaders” are aggressively commercializing our parks,...
Moneyed elites get richer the old-fashioned way: Stealing October 2015Get ready to swallow your “Statistic of the Day!” But first, to help you absorb the big one, here’s a...
A boy's invention exposes Islamophobes October 2015Good grief. Just when you think that self-delusional, right-wing extremists can’t get any more delusional – they’re now going after...
Who will oversee Volkswagen's overseers? October 2015If a picture is worth 1,000 words, here’s one worth a thousand times that. It’s a shot of three Volkswagen...
Grassroots Democracy-Building in Iowa October 2015Democracy is never given to us, but has to be won through constant struggle against elites who keep scheming to...
Why you should know who Carly Fiorina really is October 2015In 1992, Ross Perot chose a complete unknown to he his presidential running mate. In his first debate, the VP...
How hedge fund billionaires literally "check" the people's will September 2015Donnie Trump is for it, Barack Obama is too, as are Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. “It” is the idea...
Why I'm going to Des Moines on October 2 September 2015The great rocker, writer, and activist Patti Smith has a song that brings all three of her talents into a...
A flagrant liar for president? September 2015We’ve got a new darling in the GOP presidential race: Carly Fiorina! Being the darling du jour, however, can be...
Willie's Reserve September 2015With marijuana prohibition finally ending in states and cities across the land – including full legalization and/or commercialization in Alaska,...
