ENTERGY GOES NUCLEAR OVER VERMONT'S DECISION May 2011The nuclear power boys are weaseling again, this time in Vermont. Entergy Corporation, an electric utility giant based in New...
GOP HOUSE CHOOSES BIG OIL OVER GRANNY May 2011Republican congressional leaders don’t seem to be the quickest bunnies in the litter. Having taken their blunt budget ax to...
THE ARTFUL DODGERS May 2011Here’s the hot new phrase in Washington: “shared sacrifice.” Sounds nice, but it’s really just code for gouging the middle...
TRUMP SHOWS WHAT HE'S MADE OF May 2011Who says America lacks innovations to create new industries these days? Why, in just the past few months, a huge...
RUN, DONNIE, RUN! April 2011This is beyond fabulous. It is exquisite. Donnie Trump – the flaming ego with feral hair – is drumming up...
PUNISHING THE INNOCENT, ENRICHING THE GUILTY April 2011A recent email to me pretty well sums up the big budget hullaballoo being pushed by tea party Republicans. As...
TEA PARTY REBELS QUICKLY TAMED April 2011They came they saw, they conquered. This line pretty well sums up a little-reported but important story about the new...
OHIO'S HIGH-FLYING BUDGET SLASHER April 2011One morning in March, Ohio’s pious, anti-spending governor, John Kasich, got up, brushed his teeth, and went to the capitol...
EARTH DAY – A HELL OF A DAY April 2011In case you missed it, America just celebrated its “national day of irony:” April 22. The irony is that this...
ARE YOU READY FOR A BRAVE NEW WORLD OF FOOD? April 2011 An entomologist has seen the future of food, and – surprise!– it’s not where or what you might think...
WORKERS DOWN, BOSSES UP: A MORALITY PLAY April 2011 It’s good to know that some corporate chieftains feel the pain of their underlings, who keep being forced to...
BEWARE OF THE THREE BUDGETEERS April 2011 House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and Budget Chairman Paul Ryan like to portray themselves as “The...
SHRINKING GOVERNMENT TO SERVE CORPORATIONS April 2011 In assessing today’s politics and public policy, it’s always helpful to reflect back on previous experiences in our nation’s...
PAUL RYAN'S ROCKY "PATH TO PROSPERITY" April 2011 So much fanfare, so little fare. And once you see it without the dazzling neon lights rippling across it,...
WHICH STATE HAS THE WORST OF THE WORST? April 2011An email popped up recently that chilled me to the bone. Just one sentence long, it said: “Occasionally, Kansas legislators...
CORPORATE TAX DODGING FOR FUN AND PROFIT April 2011We’re getting an awful lot of high-decibel noise these days from a flock of right-wing governors and Congress critters who’re...
GUBERNATORIAL GOOFINESS IN MAINE April 2011Here’s a bit of political trivia: Three of the goofiest, most anti-worker governors in America are named Rick. What’re the...
EMPLOYEE PAYCHECKS ARE SOARING! April 2011Corporate America is back! The recession is over, corporate profits rose by 47 percent last year, and these giants are...
THE DISASTER OF TWO RICKS April 2011This is a Code Red, five-alarm, public emergency warning for the people of Florida: Flee immediately, abandon the state, run...
HIGH SPIRITS AT THE TOP April 2011If you want to know how the economy is doing, don’t bother checking the Dow Jones Average or tracking the...
A MICKEY MOUSE WAGE HIKE April 2011Good news, people: America’s wages are up – the average worker is making more today than a year ago! How...
RESTARTING WALL STREET'S MONEY-FROM-NOTHING MACHINE April 2011They’re back. Actually, they never left, they just laid low while the heat of political anger blew over. They are...
THE PRICE OF GLOBALIZED PAINT April 2011I don’t know why the chicken crossed the road, nor whether the chicken came before the egg. But I have...
TWO UNREASONABLE WOMEN April 2011As George Bernard Shaw noted a century ago, “All change comes from the power of unreasonable people.” I think Shaw...
CLASS WAR CASUALTIES April 2011I recently joined hundreds of Texans in a “Day of the Fallen” protest. Leading our march to the State Capitol...
