As Lyndon Johnson used to say about special interests trying to get his support to pass some blatantly self-serving legislation:...
Right before our eyes, an invaluable American species is fast disappearing from view. Kar-toon-us A-mer-i-kan-as. These are the newspaper cartoonists...
The Lorax speaks for the trees in Dr. Seuss books, but who speaks for them in real life? A revolutionary...
I never dreamed of growing up to be a political activist/ commentator, but here I am, and it’s worked out...
The morning after December’s horrific nighttime tornado smashed a huge Amazon warehouse in Illinois, killing six workers, corporate CEO Jeff...
Corporate America has proudly elevated good moral values to a special place. That place is the trash can. Indeed, free...
Can antibiotic medicines, long hailed as miracle drugs, be too much of a good thing? Yes. Two factors are at...
In 1972, I was part of a nationwide campaign that came close to getting the US Senate to reject Earl...
This holiday season got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of...
Here’s a twist on Christmas that would make Jesus weep. First, a right-wing faction in the US has been wringing...
In a world that’s clogged and choking with a massive overdose of plastic trash, you’ll be heartened to learn that...
What does your toothbrush, a fish dinner, and your running shoes have in common? Plastic. We now live on Planet...
Does the state of politics make you want to cry? Wait! There’s another way – and here at the Chat...
Advertising has been characterized as rattling a stick in a bucket – a noisy cry for public attention. One example...
‘Tis the season, right? Traditionally, this time of year celebrates spirituality and festivities – including Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. In...
As a writer, I get stuck every so often straining for the right words to tell my story. Over the...
Corporate bosses across America have been sputtering in outrage at you working stiffs this summer, spewing expletives about the fact...
America certainly has an abundance of food (even though many Americans do not), yet we face a momentous choice of...
Let’s talk Turkey! No, not the Butterball sitting in the Oval Office. I’m talking about the real thing, the big...
Sometimes, when watching Congress in action, I can’t decide whether to laugh, cry, or check myself into an insane asylum....
Here they come again – That gaggle of Washington politicos and pundits who keep assailing Joe Biden’s package of FDRish...
As we head towards Thanksgiving, our minds are all on one of our favorite topics: FOOD! What power do people...
At least since the invention of the wheel, people have fixed, tinkered with, and improved every device they’ve possessed. It’s...
America’s economic and political inequality has led workaday Americans to exclaim: “The system is broken. Let’s fix it!” But there’s...
What is so supreme about the Supreme Court? I mean besides being housed in an imposing marble building, being the...