Deep inside the "Taxpayer Relief Act" – Cui bono? January 2013Well, finally – in the 11th hour and 59th minute – Republicans and Democrats negotiated a fiscal reform package, which...
Happy hour for craft brews January 2013And now, for some happy talk – by which I mean a non-corporate, “little-d” democratic, and altogether-pleasurable economic development that’s...
Is nothing sacred to frackers? January 2013Such energy powers as BP, ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and Koch Industries have gone crackers over fracking! Seeing huge profits from this...
To save the tree, nurture the grassroots January 2013Washington keeps handing massive bailouts to Wall Street giants and multibillion-dollar annual subsidies to the likes of Big Oil, which...
Let's do lunch January 2013Do you eat lunch at your desk? Alone? Continuing to work as you chew? Welcome to the new wondrous world...
Warning: A new intrusive swarm coming our way! December 2012Get ready, America, for here comes “the next latest and greatest thing in aviation.” Wow, what could it be? Maybe...
A fracking surprise in Texas December 2012How ironic: Fracking recently got fracked! This brutish technique for extracting natural gas from deep within the Earth, led by...
Making dinnertime family time December 2012Periodically, we’re treated to the spectacle of a corporate big shot or public official having to announce their resignation due...
Making haste to buy stuff that makes waste December 2012At long last, our dream has come true, freeing us from a drudgery that has oppressed so many people over...
DADDY'S PHILOSOPHY December 2012This special day got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of...
The hell of private equity gun money December 2012Wall Street financial hucksters can be downright satanic in their pursuit of killer profits, but here’s one that puts its...
One newspaper dares to defy the conventional wisdom December 2012Let us address the declining fortunes of today’s mainstream mass media. (Yes, I can hear your pained screams of “Nooooo…...
The selling of Obama's inauguration December 2012He did it. Unfortunately. Sadly. Disappointingly. President Obama, reversing his own honorable precedent for his first inaugural, has chosen this...
Two mass media favorites fall out of favor December 2012It’s not easy to get in the face of power and defy the conventional wisdom – you can quickly get...
Crime in the suites at Hostess headquarters December 2012After saddling Hostess Brands with nearly a billion dollars in debt, engaging in years of gross mismanagement, plunging the sugary-snack-maker...
The Czardom of Michiganistan December 2012Michigan is no longer a state. It is now “Michiganistan,” an autocratic czardom in the hands of Emperor Rick Snyder....
High-Flying airline seats December 2012Big news, holiday travelers! American Airlines has a new family deal for you. If you and the kids are headed...
General Armey fades away – with cash December 2012Lightning’s flashing, winds are howling – and there’s a tempest in the tea party! Why it’s Dick Armey, the blowhard,...
Boehner fails "bogusity" test December 2012One pretty good rule in making public policy proposals is this: If you’re going to cite a source in support...
The cluelessness of Washington's budget "fixers" December 2012In the present scramble to “fix” the federal deficit, one of Washington’s worst ideas is widely considered by political elites...
Boehner's pitiful budget pitches December 2012John Boehner is in a hot huff, fuming so furiously that he’d be red-faced were it not for that eerie,...
The airline industry's fee-for-all December 2012Those who say we should run government like a business must not be frequent flyers. Flying, which was once a...
The secessionist tempest in Texas December 2012Once again, there’s a tempest brewing in the national tea pot. We’re talking secession! Well, some of us are. Actually,...
Who Really Killed The Twinkie? December 2012Remember the horrible murders in 1978 of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk? At the killer’s trial,...
A death in the family December 2012Born in 1930 in Schiller Park, Illinois, the deceased was 82 years old at the time of passing, the day...
