Debt buyers bury hard-hit consumers in lies February 2015Whenever a corporation issues a statement declaring that it is committed to “treating consumers fairly and with respect,” chances are...
Corporate crime supported by a whirligig of legal favoritism February 2015This is odd: America’s laws to deter corporate crime actually force victims to help subsidize the criminals. Follow the bouncing...
The House of health-care nincompoops February 2015The GOP led House of Representatives has proudly achieved a historic legislative record. A record in futility, that is. Also...
Turning human misery into corporate profits February 2015Good news, people: The “boom” is back! Good times are here again, thanks to an economic boom generated by (of...
Meet a genuine philanthropist February 2015When you get fed up with all the greed and narcissism that seems to rule our country, a good way...
Reclaim Chicago challenges "Mayor 1-Percent" February 2015The people of Chicago are presently grappling with a big question that nearly every urban place faces: Can anyone really...
Why are we taxpayers subsidizing corporate crime? February 2015“Do the crime, do the time,” goes the old saying. Unless of course, the criminals are corporate executives. In those...
An exciting democracy movement arises in Chicago February 2015Chicago! City of broad shoulders. Plutocratic hog butcher. Tool maker for progressive change. Stacker of the wheat of grassroots power,...
The KBParty of plutocratic rule February 2015Shouldn’t America have at least one major party that isn’t beholden to the corporate elite? Well look here – just...
They're back, stumbling toward the White House February 2015Ready or not, the race is on! For president, I mean. Yes, Election Day is still a couple of years...
Aetna lifts the national standard for "competitive wages" February 2015Business schools preach a strict, anti-social doctrine of corporate management that comes down to this: CEOs must be idiots. By...
Welcome to what the Supreme Court wrought February 2015After the Supreme Court’s democracy-mugging decree that corporations can dump unlimited amounts of their shareholders’ money into our election campaigns,...
Amazing – an insurance executive who makes sense! February 2015Here’s something I never expected to see: The CEO of an insurance giant who has an actual heart, some common...
Super Bowl enriches NFL, stiffs host city February 2015How about that Super Bowl game, huh? And today, I’ve got the final score for you: The Pats 28, Seahawks...
"We the People," not We the Corporations February 2015In response to the Supreme Court’s freakish decision in 2010 to bestow political “personhood” on corporations, I got an email...
Where's the ethical balance of America's scales of justice? February 2015Is it really “fair and balanced”? I don’t mean the ridiculous Fox TV channel, whose right-wing ranters mock their own...
ALEC'S LEGISLATIVE BAWDY HOUSE February 2015Do you know Alec? You probably do, even though you never heard of it. Yes, “it.” Not a person, ALEC...
EXPLAINING CONGRESSIONAL MORALITY February 2015It’s always interesting to see Congress in action – though “interesting” can also be appalling. For example, what a sight...
Shoveling America's wealth to the top February 2015As an old country saying puts it, “Money is like manure – it does no good unless you spread it...
Insiders aiding online, off-shore loan sharks January 2015When it comes to pursuing their prey, sharks are master maneuverers. Loan sharks, that is. These days, this usurious species...
Death of the lush, green lawn January 2015My father was an early member of a group now known disparagingly as “ultra-lawn people.” “High,” as everyone called him,...
A whining Wall Street banker pleads for pity January 2015Jamie is PO’d. He’s fed up with all of this populistic attitude that’s sweeping the country, and he’s not going...
Let's adopt the GOP's national platform January 2015Well now, here’s some unexpected news! It comes from what purports to be an official document of the National Republican...
J.P. Morgan – the man and the bank January 2015J.P. Morgan has really been socked in the wallet by financial regulators – a total of more than $25 billion...
The Texas government's hair-raising attack on hair braiders January 2015As messed up as it sounds, in the unending struggle for justice, there is such thing as a “positive negative.”...
