Punishing poverty, subsidizing billionaires November 2013In this season of the fall harvest, Congress is proving once again that it is a very poor gardener –...
Walmart's idea of Thanksgiving charity November 2013Who says Walmart is not big hearted? Just look at the chain’s outlet in Canton, Ohio, where management has set...
Billionaires reap a cornucopia of farm subsidy cash November 2013As we approach our annual feast of Thanksgiving, please join me in expressing our nation’s deepest, heartfelt feelings for an...
Peeking under the Big Top at this year's three-ring election circus November 2013Election days can be as dizzying as a three-ring circus with all three acts going at once. In the center...
"Black Friday" is spoiling Thanksgiving November 2013Here comes Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas! It’s a month-long season of friends and family, spiritual reflection, and time to decompress...
McDonald's: Low-paid workers, high-flying execs November 2013In this season of generosity, I’m sure that you get as much joy and deep internal satisfaction as I do...
The unholy cult of today's government-subsidized "Boom" November 2013Thomas Carlyle called economics “the dismal science.” But he was only half right. Dismal, yes, but a science, no. It’s...
Big lies win pyrrhic GMO victory for Big Food November 2013If you doubt that big money and lies can pervert elections, look at Initiative 522 in Washington State. It had...
The Pope shows us how to deal with the Princes of Wall Street November 2013Many congress critters like to rise up on their hind legs and bellow that they’re “tough on crime.” But they...
Rabbits, endangered rhinos, and the Dallas Safari Club November 2013Have you ever heard of the rabbit hunter’s nightmare? A guy dreams that he and a few of his buddies...
Why are we taxpayers subsidizing corporate crime? November 2013Sometimes, a news story can be so crammed with irony that it boggles the mind. Consider just the headline on...
Too few people control too much of America's money and power November 2013Sometimes it pays just to go away. You could ask Jim Skinner about that. He was CEO of the hamburger...
Congress critters kiss Wall Street butt for cash November 2013On the day before Halloween, the ethically-challenged members of our lobbyist-haunted House of Representatives did a perverse imitation of “Profiles...
Can Wall Street buy redemption? November 2013Goldman Sachs, churns out enormous profits from its high-rolling, casino investment schemes, while also churning out fat paychecks for its...
Get a whiff of "synthetic biology" November 2013It’s always inspiring to see global corporate giants crush small farmers, stomp on nature, circumvent our laws by hook or...
A milk-carton campaign for "missing workers" November 2013Wall Street analysts, corporate lobbyists, and front groups like the US Chamber of Commerce form an exuberant cheering squad for...
The Charitable Bankers of Goldman Sachs November 2013On Wall Street, it’s assumed that anything can be bought and sold – from fraudulent investment packages to congress critters....
Cruzing to the White House? November 2013One of the stupidest bits of conventional wisdom popping out of Washington these days is that, whatever opinion you have...
Lobbyists hope to rebrand themselves November 2013Here’s a scary number to ponder: 12,407. That’s how many registered lobbyists there are in Washington – the bulk of...
Monsanto's World Food Farce October 2013It was my privilege to go to Des Moines, Iowa recently for a World Food Prize extravaganza recognizing Monsanto’s work...
Should there be a sanity test for Congress critters? October 2013What a show the goofily-fanatical tea party Republicans are putting on in Washington! First, they threw a group hissy fit...
Why are we subsidizing McDonald's? October 2013Let us all now bow before the god of free enterprise, whose awesomeness was revealed in a recent news release...
The Ignoble Prize For Agriculture October 2013A problem with trophies is that they tend to tarnish over time. But one that Monsanto recently received came already...
Wackos intend to cage themselves in Idaho October 2013I haven’t heard such enthusiastic, downright raucous applause since Texas Gov. “Oops” Perry suggested in 2009 that his state just...
A tomato tale that's hard to stomach October 2013“I’m 98 percent confident we can make a tomato that tastes substantially better,” Professor Harry Klee recently exulted to the...
