Pity the poor stressed-out rich November 2014Here’s a random thought that might not have occurred to you: It’s not easy being rich. Well, yes, there are...
Silicon Valley Profits From Systemic Labor Exploitation November 2014The demigods of Silicon Valley like to present themselves as miracle workers, able to create electronic wonders (and wondrous profits)...
Reviving the Bush-Cheney torture Policy November 2014A bumper sticker from around 2008 offered a stinging, four-word response to the Bush-Cheney regime’s enthusiasm for the cruel sport...
Exposing the secret corporate coup of our democratic elections November 2014A big surprise in this year’s elections is that American politics has become dominated by the least likely of participants:...
Surrealistic rule in the Silicon Valley November 2014Silicon Valley, located somewhere between sensational and silly, has long been led by entrepreneurial billionaires with a surreal relationship to...
Florida police swat at barbers November 2014When it comes to policing an area, the good people of Orange Country, Florida are lucky, because they’ve got the...
Cosmetic giants wage non-stop make-up war November 2014In the US alone, the cosmetics industry pulls in some $70 billion a year in sales of what’s commonly called...
Mitch McConnell's gardening lesson November 2014Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell recently proclaimed: “The best interest of the country would be achieved by pulling out Obamacare,...
State legislatures are helping rich lenders rip-off the poor November 2014Loan sharks and their lobbyists really know how to put the “ick” in eth-icks. Though they’ve tried to buff-up their...
Arms peddlers discover your town… and tax dollars November 2014Don’t look now, but the overbearing power of America’s military-industrial-complex has probably snuck into your town. The multibillion-dollar global armament...
GOP to US infrastructure: All fall down October 2014I love groups with the gumption to take on big tasks and do what needs to be done – can-do...
Frackers face a comeuppance on unexpected battlefield October 2014The University of North Texas, known for its jazz school and sometimes for its “Mean Green” football team, might soon...
How goes America’s war on Afghan poppies? October 2014I have breaking news from the frontlines of the war. No, not the new war in Iraq, which really is...
The corporate purchase of America's political discourse October 2014When five Supreme Court justices decreed that corporations are entitled to full free speech rights in our elections and that...
Big Beer deceivers and bullies October 2014It’s bad enough that the goliaths of Big Beer are consuming each other in a new round of mega-mergers, meaning...
A Billionaire's sound advice to the Billionaire's Club October 2014Here’s an unusal über-rich guy with an unusual message for his fellow one-percent-of-the-one-percenters. Nick Hanauer, who made billions as an...
Who took billions from the Development Fund of Iraq? October 2014In 2004, Stuart Bowen of Texas was asked by a friend to take on a difficult and important job, which...
Going from one bad war to a worse one October 2014Hi-ho, Hi-ho/ It’s off to war we go/ With a hip-hip-hooray/ We’ll send ISIS on its way/ Hi-ho, Hi-ho! Here...
The scariest thing about political fearmongers is themselves October 2014The bozos and boneheads are loose again, regurgitating their own paranoia and propaganda to advance their doleful agenda of fear....
Time for a trust-busting beer bust October 2014Okay, that’s it – no more Mr. Nice Guy from me. The avarice of corporate power has now turned personal....
Buy local beer, books… and why not seafood? October 2014In case you don’t have enough to worry about, consider “early mortality syndrome.” Sounds gruesomely lethal, doesn’t it? Luckily, this...
Wall Street speculators are walling off young farmers October 2014Gabillionaires who invest in hedge funds generally have the ethical and aesthetic sensibilities of dirt clods. As far as they...
Diverting shareholder funds into "dark money" politics October 2014If corporations are people, as the Supreme Court pretends, they certainly are loudmouths, constantly telling us how great they are...
Walmart scheme steals from taxpayer and its own workers October 2014Gosh, time flies when it’s pushed along by a jetstream of greed. It seems like only yesterday that Walmart executives...
Get a whiff of "synthetic biology" October 2014It’s always inspiring to see global corporate giants crush small farmers, stomp on nature, circumvent our laws by hook or...
