Tick-tick-tick… each sweep of Big-Tech’s clock enhances corporate power – but its hands also sweep away more of our civil...
At a recent congressional hearing on America’s so-called “labor shortage,” megabanker Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, offered this insight: “People...
A recent headline blared: “Labor shortages end when wages rise.” Gosh, Captain Obvious, what an amazing discovery! Someone notify the...
I cheered recently when the richest man on Earth had himself rocketed into space. But then he came back down....
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Our local newspapers are being merged, purged, shrunk, shut down, and looted by Wall Street profiteers – yet there’s good...
Mega-investor Warren Buffett once held a big portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers, and he specialized in squeezing out competitors...
An old political truism notes that, “Where there’s a will, there are 1,000 won’ts.” And what a hurricane of won’ts...
It’s time for America to go back to the future – a future of true greatness created by a people...
Most people believe the American economy is being rigged by and for bankers, CEOs, and other superrich elites, because… well,...
You bought it, you own it–and that means if it broke, you can fix it, right? Not so fast! Turns...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson told of a dinner guest who went on and on about the virtue of honesty, offering his...
While ExxonMobil holds out for huge changes to seniority, safety, and layoffs, the massively profitable corporation has locked out 650...
Hey, you, get away from those polling places! We don’t want your kind here! Scram! That’s a stupid, shameful, and...
Here’s a thought-provoking bumper sticker: “The system is fixed. We must break it.” This thought came into vivid focus recently...
While Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed, “I have a dream,” it was full of lofty ethical stuff like “justice...
You’ve no doubt heard about the egregious legislation coming out of the Lone Star State that’s threatening the very foundation...
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At a recent congressional hearing on America’s so-called “labor shortage,” megabanker Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, offered this insight: “People...
A recent headline blared: “Labor shortages end when wages rise.” Gosh, Captain Obvious, what an amazing discovery! Someone notify the...
Corporate ideologues never cease blathering that government programs should be run like a business. Really – what businesses would they...
Can we hear it for the public Post Office?! Except for a few corporate privatizers, almost everyone appreciates the minor...