We have a president who mistakes price for value. Thus, to measure America's economic health, he simply checks the price of corporate stocks. And that tells him the economy is great, for since he's been in offi... Read more...

From the very start of our nation, the most popular forum for debating and shaping our democratic rights was not stately legislative halls, but rowdy beer halls. Indeed, “pub democracy” remains strong across... Read more...

There's a hunter's nightmare in which a group of them flush some rabbits out of the brush. But rather than scampering away, the furry bunnies turn toward their stalkers. "Run," shouts one of the hunters. "Run f... Read more...

"MAGA," blusters Donald Trump – Make America Great Again! America's ranching families, however, would like Trump to come off his high horse and get serious about a more modest goal, namely: Make America COOL Again.

Corporate bosses don't talk about it in public, but among themselves – psssst – they whisper excitedly about implementing a transformative "AI agenda" across our economy. AI stands for artificial intelligenc... Read more...

The great thing about corporate giants is that they are such amazing business innovators. For example, in the category of "wheel-spinning" innovation – ie, trying to change a corporation's course without actual... Read more...

How thrilling was tax day for you? I refer, of course, to the thrill of getting that big juicy reduction in your taxes, thanks to the $1.5 trillion tax cut that Donald Trump and the Republicans passed. Remem... Read more...

Even if a White House report is just a pack of lies, it still can reveal some awful truths. Take the recent forecast by the White House Council of Economic Advisers. It essentially hails Trump as genius-on-a... Read more...

It's shocking, I tell you, shocking that some millionaires and billionaires would brazenly lie and cheat to weasel their undeserving children into prestigious colleges, thus displacing more qualified students. ... Read more...

As a farmer told me, "You can still make a small fortune in agriculture, but you have to start with a large fortune." Farmers tend to be optimistic pessimists. The odds are against them – the bankers, bugs, ... Read more...

Have you noticed how often Donald Trump prefaces his comments and tweets with phrases like "frankly," "to tell the truth," and "believe me"? More than a verbal tic, these qualifiers subliminally admit that b... Read more...

"Socialism," snarled The Donald at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient crowd of Trumpistas snarled back in unison: So-sh'll-izz-ummm! There you have the entire intellectual content ... Read more...

Amazon's notorious attempt to squeeze $3 billion in subsidies from New York taxpayers had two very positive results: One, it shoved these immoral bribery schemes into the glare of the national spotlight; and tw... Read more...

The richest man in the world, who heads one of the world's largest and richest corporations, is also filthy rich in arrogance and pomposity. Jeff Bezos of Amazon has demanded that a city's officials kowtow t... Read more...

A newspaper photograph last June portrayed three guys in suits and ties shoveling dirt. They were Donald Trump, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, and the chairman of Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics conglomera... Read more...

The rich aren't merely different from you and me... they're ridiculous! The uber-rich, I mean, the billionaire barons of Wall Street who literally live above the real world and are clueless about the gross i... Read more...