PAKISTAN IS CALLING December 2009Maybe you’re one of millions of Americans who’re down on their luck – lost their jobs, had their homes foreclosed...
NEW SIGNS OF SANITY AT EPA December 2009Could it be? Dare we think it? Is it possible that the Environmental Protection Agency might finally be getting serious...
CHRISTMAS: DADDY'S PHILOSOPHY December 2009This special day got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of...
THE RICH WORRY ABOUT YOU December 2009You’ll be comforted to know that the rich are concerned about you. Not concerned about your joblessness, lack of health...
WHO WANTS TO DIE FOR KARZAI? December 2009With some notable exceptions and a great deal of grumbling in its ranks, Congress seems to be going right along...
PARTING THE CURTAIN ON CONGRESSIONAL NUTTINESS December 2009One advantage of seeing our stalwart solons engage in such a heated, drawn-out legislative tussle as the present health care...
PROTEST THE REPRESSION OF OUR FREEDOM TO PROTEST December 2009The American establishment loves protestors. Foreign protestors, that is – those causing trouble for regimes that our officials don’t like....
"HORSE AND SPARROW" ECONOMICS December 2009Time for another Gooberhead Award – presented periodically to those in the news who’ve got their mouths running 100 miles...
THE PENTAGON'S "INVINCIBLE" DRONES December 2009The people our troops are battling in Afghanistan and Pakistan might be diabolical fanatics willing to use such crude terrorist...
POUTING POLITICAL FUNDERS December 2009People are miffed. Many of Barack Obama’s strongest supporters are getting angry at his policies, and they are beginning to...
CREDIT-RATING FINAGLERS FREED BY MEEK CONGRESS December 2009America has the wrong approach for dealing with thieves. Rather than “looking backwards” at their misdeeds and “punishing” them, we...
TAKE A TRIP ON AIR BONKERS December 2009Washington’s ethics rules are absolutely bonkers! Take the case of powerhouse lobbyist Don Bonker. In 2007, to restrict the power...
OBAMA IS MIRING US IN ABSURDISTAN December 2009The bad news is that Obama has thrust more Americans ever deeper into the vortex of his Afghanistan war. But...
WEASELS UNDERMINE ETHICS REFORM December 2009The word “weasels” not only describes furry, burrowing rodents – but also corporate lobbyists who madly tunnel loopholes through our...
HOW TO SHAKE THE HARDSHIP BLUES December 2009Has today’s “jobless recovery” got you down in the dumps? Well perk up, buster! What you need is a little...
FEC HACKS KILL ANOTHER ETHICS REFORM December 2009The Federal Election Commission might as well be re-named the Federal Execution Commission, for it repeatedly and ruthlessly takes election...
GOING TO WAR December 2009Here we go again. More pounding of the war drums by the White House, more troops being deployed to a...
CEOS SACRIFICE WORKERS WHILE ENRICHING THEMSELVES December 2009Funnyman, Bob Newhart, used to do a comedy bit in which he portrayed a commanding officer addressing his troops on...
OBAMA'S WAR December 2009Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to war we go! Pound the drums loudly, stand with your country proudly! Wait, wait, wait...
SPREADING COMMERCIALISM UNDERGROUND December 2009Corporate ads and logos are everywhere – in taxicabs, movies, and parks, as well as on gas pumps, airplane folddown...
HIDING WORKER INJURIES FROM OSHA December 2009It’s painful enough to be injured on the job, but it adds insult to injury when your employer strives to...
EMBRACING THE WORLD WITH OUR ARMS December 2009The good news is that America is Number One! Once again, the US of A is at the top of...
USING LAWMAKERS AS VENTRILOQUIST DUMMIES December 2009After the landmark health insurance reform bill passed in November, several congress critters set forth their views about the legislation...
WEED WARS November 2009Another election, another victory! Not for a particular party or candidate, but for taking another step toward ending the longest,...
LOBBYISTS TAKE A SOAK November 2009Here’s a startling number: 13,000. That’s the number of corporate lobbyists in Washington, DC. Adding to their clout are the...
