The flim flam of The Employment Policy Institute March 2014Mothers everywhere warn children not to put any food in their mouths unless they know where it came from. The...
The new loophole that connects Congress to corrupt corporate cash March 2014The counselor advised, “an informal setting,” adding that it is “an effective way to build a better relationship.” That sounds...
Spy agents turned into peeping Toms March 2014Medical science has long known that the optic nerve runs from the retina of our eyeballs to the visual cortex...
Pulling the curtain on an anti-minimum wage front group March 2014In Frank Baum’s novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the “wizard’ turns out to be a phony – just an...
Climate change, drought, beer, and me March 2014Okay, climate-change deniers – you’ve gone too far. You’ve gone from just being annoying know-nothings to now posing a serious...
Congress critters can be lovable for a price March 2014A corporate lobbyist recently admitted to the New York Times: “Everybody is embarrassed about it. Although not so embarrassed that...
Wall Street's secret fraternity of pathetic narcissists March 2014Never let it be said that the überrich bankers of Wall Street are too uptight to get down. A recent...
A middle-finger salute for the fracking king March 2014Rex Tillerson is mad. In fact, Fracking Mad. This 61-year old farmer from Bartonville, Texas is another victim of Big...
Ted Nugent brings bigotry and misogyny to Texas governors race March 2014Ted Nugent, the old rocker from the Seventies, is now just plain old… and off his rocker. A political novelty...
The Army makes a pizza for the ages. Literally February 2014From the Gatling gun to the nuclear bomb, from hot air balloons to drones, the military has enlisted scientists to...
Trying to pervert consumer protection into corporate protection February 2014The giants of food manufacturing are very concerned about you. They fear you could come down with a terrible plague...
There are no stops on Ted Cruz's ego trip February 2014Let’s go Cruzing again! It’s always a trip to cruise down the narrow roads and hard right turns of Sen....
Don’t shut the post office, expand their services February 2014What’s the matter with the post office? The US Postal Service, I mean – the corporate hierarchy that runs this...
Tom Perkins speaks. Again February 2014The überrich are full of ideas. Not, unfortunately, ideas to help humanity, but to help themselves grab more money and...
Luxury buyers lead the way to economic recovery February 2014Who says the economy is down and that consumers aren’t willing to spend, spend, spend in order to stimulate new...
The superrich literally live in their own world February 2014Attention class: Today’s word is “fractal inequality.” Okay, that’s a phrase, not a word, and a very wonky one. It...
The what-abouts and whereabouts of Sen. Pat Roberts February 2014If a politician clings to office too long, a couple of bad things can happen: The constituency can change and...
The psychic pain borne by the rich February 2014One thing about the tea party Republicans in Congress is that they do know who butters their biscuits. Several have...
Sen. Pat Roberts puts on his crazy pants February 2014In the Wizard Of Oz, Dorothy assessed the odd things she was experiencing and said to her little dog, “Toto,...
Shouldn't natural foods actually be natural? February 2014Years ago the delightfully-naughty movie star, Mae West, said: “I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.” Less delightful...
What if antibiotics no longer work? February 2014Can antibiotic medicines, long hailed as miracle drugs, be too much of a good thing? Yes. Two factors are at...
For mercy's sake, Mr. Perkins, please go away February 2014Boy, just when you think the über-rich couldn’t get any more narcissistic or nutty, along comes Tom Perkins. He suddenly...
US Postal Service selling out workers and… America February 2014You know what America needs? More jobs, that’s what. Not Walmart-style “jobettes,” but real jobs, stable ones with a good...
Rick Perry struts his stuff in Davos February 2014Were you invited to the big doing’s in Davos? You know, the annual, powwow of power elites held in that...
The California GOP's fake health care website February 2014In this wicked world of woe, there are hucksters, flimflammers, plain ol’ crooks… and Republican members of the California Assembly....
