What's in a name? October 2011The resilient Occupy Wall Street group in New York City certainly occupies the minds of the banksters who’re the target...
A Pinocchio "Perry Tale" October 2011Gather ’round me children – it’s time for another “Perry Tale.” Rick Perry, the Texas governor, is flitting hither, thither,...
Paulson's plaintive plea October 2011Who’s the most befuddled Wall Streeter of all? The richest guy on the Street. In assessing the spreading public protest...
Declare independence from corporate power! October 2011A year from now, Americans will be caught in an unprecedented blizzard of campaign ads. Most of this ad blizzard...
Wall Street is dazed and confused October 2011Astonishingly, some Wall Streeters continue to be clueless about what the “Occupy Wall Street” movement is protesting. Yoo-hoo, Streeters: note...
"We the People," not We the Corporations October 2011In response to the Supreme Court’s freakish decision in 2010 to bestow political “personhood” on corporations, I got an email...
Dr. Pepper on steroids October 2011If you worry that American corporations have lost the innovative, can-do edge necessary to compete in today’s global economy, you...
Fired CEOs get gilded goodbyes October 2011In these times of nationwide job insecurity, with five applicants lined up for every job opening, CEOs warn workers that...
Billions in profits, zero in taxes October 2011Let’s play, “Scamming the System!” It’s the exciting and richly rewarding game that allows every American to use offshore income...
Palin bows out October 2011And just like that – phffffttt – she was gone. Sarah Palin, the phantasmagoric shooting star of far-right-wing wackiness, has...
Knee jerks defend Wall Street October 2011If you had any doubt about the seriousness of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement that is springing up from America’s...
A political Buddy for the people October 2011Well, gosh, look at this: the Republican Party does have a presidential candidate who’s not a far-right goofball, a product...
Malicious merger merchants strike again October 2011Five men suddenly found themselves faced with an all out attack on their territory. Five men confronted by a hostile...
A very scary Perry Tale October 2011Gather ’round children, and I’ll tell you another “Perry Tale” But I must warn you: this one is really, really...
Something big is happening: occupy together October 2011As Ray Charles sang years ago, “Them that’s got is them that gets, and I ain’t got nothin’ yet.” A...
Occupy Wall Street October 2011To paraphrase a Bob Dylan song, “Something’s happening here, and you don’t know what it is, do you Ms. Bellafante?”...
The GOP loves the federal spending it hates October 2011Whatever else you think about tea party-infused Republican leaders in Congress, at least they’re consistent in their opposition to big...
Rick Perry's "truthiness" October 2011Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert points out that political statements and even political facts these days don’t have to be true...
Shouldn't Americans repair America's infrastructure October 2011Listening at last to his inner-FDR, President Obama is going straight at the Know-nothing/Do-nothing Republican Congress. At a recent rally...
Big Oil: 135 million. School children: 0 October 2011When is it not enough to have too much? Apparently, when you’re a giant oil corporation. Big Oil’s avaricious honchos...
Playing politics with humanitarian aid October 2011“You saw the House act,” snapped Rep. Eric Cantor. Yeah, act like a petulant four-year-old! The GOP’s House majority leader...
Wendy's "improved" burger September 2011At first blush, you might think that “Dave’s Hot ‘N Juicy” is the title of a pornographic movie. But, actually,...
Playing Washington's inside game September 2011Do you know any of the dozen Congress critters who’re on the superpowerful deficit-reduction supercommittee? I don’t mean do you...
The privileged v. the poor September 2011At last, Republicans in Washington have recognized that class war is ravaging poor and middle-class families all across our land....
Who's in the room with the supercommittee? September 2011And then there were twelve. When the 435 House members and 100 senators failed in July to agree on a...
