SuperPACs storm Iowa January 2012In Iowa’s presidential scramble, the biggest players were not the candidates, but an insidious, ever-growing force that voters couldn’t even...
Afghanistan forever. And ever January 2012A bipartisan majority in Washington has been quietly funding a multimillion-dollar educational initiative to lift people up. Great! Except that...
The GOP's menu of mediocrity January 2012And away we go! Not just into a new year, but – zap! – suddenly we find ourselves catapulted into...
Congress' nine percent January 2012Congress: How small-minded is it? How tangled-up in a right-wing ideological knot is it? How subservient to corporate lobbyists is...
Organize for 2012 January 2012At last, a New Year cometh! I say “at last” because, politically, 2011 was a rough ride. Let me just...
Repeal the farce of "Corporate Personhood" January 2012The Powers That Be constantly try to pull the wool over people’s eyes, but sometimes the wool blinders are so...
Shoveling America's wealth to the top January 2012As an old country saying puts it, “Money is like manure – it does no good unless you spread it...
Declare independence from corporate power! January 2012A year from now, Americans will be caught in an unprecedented blizzard of campaign ads. Most of this ad blizzard...
Gifts that really do keep giving December 2011I have finally mastered the art of finding perfect gifts for people on my list – gifts that rise above...
The disuniting of America December 2011The Bible doesn’t say that money is the root of all evil – rather, it condemns the love of money....
America: a beacon of social justice? December 2011“USA: We’re Number One!” Oh, wait – Iceland in Number One. But we did beat out Poland and Slovakia, right?...
Rick-the-regular-guy December 2011The governor of Texas (who desperately wants to be your president) is flitting all around, spreading tons of fairy dust...
Give a gift that matters December 2011It wasn’t that long ago that the act of “gift giving” didn’t require a maddening trip to Wal-Mart or a...
Last minute shopping December 2011Are you one of those 11th-hour shoppers who’s only now realizing that Christmas is this weekend? Well, don’t panic, for...
PR soap can't scrub off banker greed December 2011“Greenwashing” is the use of shameless PR campaigns by notorious polluters to portray their corporations as benign Bambi-loving protectors of...
The sad saga of the superrich December 2011It’s at this time of the year that generous, big-hearted Americans reach out to aid the less fortunate among us...
The "Perry Tale" of Rick-The-Reformer December 2011As the wise old adage says, those who live in glass houses, ought not throw stones. That’s the moral of...
The coldest cut of all December 2011Scrooge was a nasty old miser, but even he came to see the soul-destroying evil of his ways and found...
It's hell out there for luxury shoppers December 2011They say the early bird gets the worm, which is fine with me, because I really don’t want a worm....
Big corporation, tiny heart December 2011How small can a giant corporation get? I don’t mean in size, but in spirit. Once again, America’s biggest commercial...
The Deep Shallowness of Prof. Gingrich December 2011Just in the nick of time for Christmas, Newt Gingrich has burst onto the national stage in a leading role....
What Newt is… and is not December 2011Mea culpa, I misspoke, my bad – I stand corrected. In past commentaries, I have called Newt Gingrich a lobbyist....
It takes people power to make clear that corporations are NOT people December 2011In November’s elections, the national media gave extensive coverage to a proposed “personhood amendment” to Mississippi’s state constitution. This extremist,...
Rewarding hubris, stupidity, hypocrisy, and cynicism December 2011Double-dippin’ Joe is back in the news. Double-dip is not some soda jerk working in an ice cream shop, but...
The "big stick" of people power December 2011Getting Congress to act on behalf of the People’s interest – especially when it requires members to take a firm...
