A plague of Walker

August 2013

To paraphrase an old bumper sticker: “When the people lead, leaders will follow. Or not.” Not when the “leaders” are...

Corporate greed is making us sick

August 2013

The failure of our corporate and political leaders to make sure every worker gets good health care is causing some...

Motorcycling an anti-woman agenda into law

August 2013

Basketball hall-of-famer Charles Barkley says: “I was a Republican until they lost their minds.” Welcome to North Carolina, where the...

Here comes the Border-Industrial Complex

August 2013

At last, both Republicans and Democrats are beginning to respond aggressively to economic needs. “It has been a tough time,”...

Finding the money to fund higher education for all

August 2013

Question: Is making higher education available to every American more important to our national interest than letting Wall Street profiteers...

Four fatal flaws in our wall on the Mexican border

August 2013

“Good fences make good neighbors,” goes the old adage. That civilizing thought refers to such friendly structures as the rock...

Get radio-active

August 2013

Tired of hearing nothing but the corporate news & views on commercial, mass-market radio? Then get your own station! That’s...

Message to Robert Rubin: Please go away

August 2013

Will America ever get shuck of Robert Rubin? The Wall Street peer became a top economic witch doctor for Bill...

The "10 Percenters" – who these people?

August 2013

We Americans are now pretty clear on who makes up the 1-percent – the wealthiest elites who feel entitled to...

How dare D.C demand fair wages from Walmart!

August 2013

Want to see pure altruism in action? Go to Washington, DC – not to the marbled buildings of the federal...

Steve Cohen, meet Al Capone

July 2013

Al Capone was a bad boy. How bad? He cheated on his income taxes. They sent him to prison for...

Forget student loans – make higher ed free

July 2013

Well, finally! Hard-right congressional leaders and the Obama White House have agreed that interest rates on student loans should not...

Cutting the poor while subsidizing millionaires

July 2013

“Stop the moochers!” shouted a flock of GOP budget whackers in the US House recently, as they literally ripped all...

McDonald's generosity exceeds all imagination

July 2013

At last, a fast food giant that gives a damn about the economic hardships faced by low-wage workers. Not only...

Repeal the patriot act

July 2013

It’s back. The Patriot Act – a grotesque, ever-mutating, hydra-headed monstrosity from the Bush-Cheney Little Shop of Horrors – has...

Blessed are the rich

July 2013

It’s so great – truly heartwarming – to see billionaires devoting their deepest thoughts to finding solutions for eradicating poverty....

Vox Populi to cognoscenti: "No thanks to more NAFTAs"

July 2013

Most of America’s corporate, political, and media cognoscenti are street-preaching proselytizers of the holy virtues of NAFTA-style trade deals. “Believe!”...

Charles Koch's Wonder World of Hairdressernomics

July 2013

One thing I’ve come to value in the last couple of years is the altruism and keen economic insights of...

Slaphappy Politicos

July 2013

Is it just me, or has American politics regressed from its normal abnormal to become full-blown wacky? So many politicos...

If you only watch your bottom line, you can't lift your head high

July 2013

Just for the hell of it, let’s re-imagine Walmart. Imagine if the world’s most profitable retailer were to invest a...

Beware of bankers being helpful

July 2013

The word “help” is so uplifting, conveying our best humanitarian values. How odd, then, to see it used in this...

Democrats join Republicans in Wall Street's pocket

July 2013

“It’s appalling,” said Rep. Jim Himes. He was talking about the money that special interests stuff in the pockets of...

The true path to American Exceptionalism

July 2013

America the Beautiful! America the Greatest! We’re Number One, right? Absolutely, naturally, and indisputably. At least that’s the theocratic pronouncement...

Falling through America's cracks

July 2013

Poverty in America: Bigger than ever and rapidly spreading. Today’s turbulent economic waters are sweeping millions of Americans downstream from...

North Carolina's Kafkaesque war on the unemployed

July 2013

Something profoundly awful has seeped into the top strata of American society: Our nation’s corporate and political elites have developed...