Single-moms, child abuse, contraception… and state legislators March 2012Attention ladies: Big news on the state legislative front. Republican lawmakers in Arizona and Wisconsin want to help you improve...
The catty tiff between the Kochs and Cato March 2012The Koch boys are footstomping mad, because someone took one of their toys . “We paid for it,” cried Charlie....
Greed so bad that it'll gag a banker March 2012Lloyd Blankfein, a Wall Street baron who has garnered a multimillion-dollar personal fortune as CEO of Goldman Sachs, says he...
Down and out on Wall Street March 2012Have you heard about the earthquake that has shaken Wall Street to its very core? Well, brace yourself, for this...
The dirty little secret of Keystone XL March 2012“It’s certainly true,” declared Energy Secretary Stephen Chu, “that having Canada as a supplier for our oil is much more...
An Army whistle-blower speaks truth about power March 2012A citizen’s willingness to speak truth to power is essential for the well-being of a democracy. Equally essential, though, are...
SuperPAC silliness March 2012SuperPACs, the new money beasts of American politics, have already funneled more than $100 million into this year’s presidential election....
Bizarrely, Obama turns on truthtellers March 2012Some say that Barack Obama never seems to go far enough with his policy proposals, settling instead for half-step reforms....
The tale of J.R. Simplot's two-headed trout March 2012The corporate propensity for rationalizing the irrational in the pursuit of profit appears to be boundless. Consider J.R. Simplot, a...
Stepping steadily upward on Massey's corporate ladder March 2012Every day on the job, hundreds of miners descend deep into the earth. And every time they go down, each...
The Keystone XL Flim flam March 2012For Rep. Allen West, the skyrocketing price of gasoline is a personal pocketbook issue. The Florida tea-party Republican (who blames...
Mitt for Doofus-In-Chief! March 2012Let’s come out and say the obvious: Mitt Romney is a doofus. Yes, Rick Santorum is a bigger doofus and...
The Sanctimonious Santorum March 2012Let’s go spelunking in Rick Santorum’s head. There, we can probe the inner sanctums of his brain and discover his...
A surprising conspiracy by girls March 2012You thought that yesteryear’s threat of creeping communist cells inside the USA was the worst conspiracy in our history? Or...
Congress chooses to keep poisoning children March 2012Yes, we certainly need to cut unnecessary and even frivolous federal spending, because… well, because it’s unnecessary and frivolous. So,...
Attack of the billionaires February 2012It was a total lockdown. As jet after jet swept in surreptitiously with top brass and political decision-makers on board,...
Karl Rove says he's "offended" February 2012Karl Rove, the supreme sleaze-meister of negative political advertising, complained about a recent television ad: “I was frankly offended by...
Keene stands up for common sense… and itself February 2012During a recent city council meeting, the mayor of Keene, New Hampshire, leaned over to a council member and whispered...
The rich also suffer February 2012I’m sure that you, like me, pity the poor rich these days. Not the merely rich, but the mega-ones, those...
The poppy war in Afghanistan February 2012Oh to be in Afghanistan again, when the poppies are in bloom! For a symbol of how America’s decade-long war...
Perverting health care into a luxury commodity February 2012In these times of cold health-care austerity, it reaffirms one’s faith in humanity to learn that many hospitals are now...
Polishing the Apple February 2012If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, will Apple Inc’s public image get healthier now that it has...
Memo to Supremes: Got ethics? February 2012Good grief – how can someone so smart be so stupid? So clueless? So wrong? John Roberts is not just...
Politics: what fun for the rich! February 2012The rich are different from you and me, but the really, really, really rich are also different from the merely...
Political con men are shrinking America’s greatness February 2012In my state of Texas, things tend to be bigger – bigger hats, bigger money… and bigger thievery by political...
