How tacky can the Golden Arches get? January 2015McDonald’s is scrambling, and I’m not talking about eggs. Your know your business has what image consultants call “quality perception...
New GOP Congress rushes big favors to Wall Street January 2015If members of the brand-spanking new, Republican-controlled Congress are at all confused about why We the People consider them just...
McDonald's desperately seeks love January 2015McDonald’s, the burger behemoth, pushes its product with an advertising slogan that exuberantly proclaims, “I’m Lovin’ It.” But the slogan...
Inaugural galas for governors become influences-buying bazaars January 2015Hey, we’re Texas proud these days, because Greg Abbott, the incoming governor of our state has set a new gubernatorial...
Bezos buys a big piece of power January 2015An old cowboy aphorism says: “Speak the truth. But ride a fast horse.” From the 1970s into the 1990s, there...
Corporate coup d'etat January 2015Look out America – here comes the Trans Pacific Partnership! Dubbed “a corporate coup d’etat” by Public Citizen’s Global Trade...
Keeping our COOL January 2015When I was a tyke, momma warned me not to eat anything unless I knew where it came from. That’s...
The pastoral Pope January 2015Old songs occasionally need to be refreshed with updated verses – such as this: “Old McPope had a farm /E-I-E-I-O/...
A corporate power grab is underway, so where's the media? January 2015If you need a good, doable New Year’s resolution, try this: “I resolve to do my part this year to...
Cannabis: America's Common Sense Crop January 2015Until recent years, cannabis prohibitionists have been able to intimidate most reform-minded politicians by simply threatening to brand them as...
Citigroup becomes its own self-serving lawmaker January 2015Perhaps you recall from high school civics class that neat flow chart showing the beautiful democratic process for passing a...
College bowl games become corporate money games January 2015Growing up in Texas, I learned that God and guns were important, but football – well, football was the real...
Populist proposals win in 2014 January 2015While last year’s voters put a pack of reactionaries in charge of the new Congress, let’s not forget that bigger...
The corporate hustle of college bowl games January 2015Are you bowled over yet? With college bowl games, I mean. Through January 12, a record 39 football “classics” will...
America's ongoing rebellion for fairness and justice January 2015The corporate Powers That Be keep thinking we’ll stay hitched to their plow no matter how severely they lash us...
A curse, a blessing, and a good food movement January 2015In 1972, I was part of a nationwide campaign that came close to getting the US Senate to reject Earl...
Synthetic food: Our future doesn't taste good December 2014Armed with hefty grants from the Pentagon, squads of corporate and governmental food technologists are on a mission to supplant...
Time for a trust-busting beer bust December 2014Okay, that’s it – no more Mr. Nice Guy from me. The avarice of corporate power has now turned personal....
Pity the poor stressed-out rich December 2014Here’s a random thought that might not have occurred to you: It’s not easy being rich. Well, yes, there are...
Why "Babe" was my boyhood sports hero December 2014I recently addressed a rather odd topic for an audience of political progressives: “Who was your sports hero growing up?...
DADDY'S PHILOSOPHY December 2014This special day got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of...
Merry Christmas, right-wingers, The Red Pope, and Jesus December 2014Here’s a twist on Christmas that would make Jesus weep. First, a right-wing faction in the US has been wringing...
The continuing shame of the CIA's torture program December 2014For a clue into how out-of-control, un-American, and just plain wrong our CIA’s torture program was, note the frantic and...
Wall Street And Congress perform legislative acrobatics December 2014Congress, which has been so tied up in a partisan knot by right-wing extremists that it has been unable to...
Big Beer deceivers and bullies December 2014It’s bad enough that the goliaths of Big Beer are consuming each other in a new round of mega-mergers, meaning...
