The meek reality behind Trump’s pose as a Bull Moose Populist July 2020It’s been pointed out that Donnie Trump has unusually small hands… but who cares? What’s truly alarming are his unusually...
Trump versus the wisdom of Robert E. Lee June 2020While our present President’s moral character seems stuck somewhere between boorish and brutish, it’s only fair to note that he...
A wealth tax for American Progress June 2020The rich are different from you and me. For one thing, they’re rich. Among the super-rich, though, there tends to...
Who was Smedley Darlington Butler, and why is he important? June 2020Many Americans can’t believe that political coups are part of our country’s history – but consider from the Wall Street...
Unmasking America’s mask profiteers June 2020Everyone should wear a protective medical mask – but some ought to be in ski masks, like those favored by...
What’s behind a mask? June 2020The chief cultural emblem of our times is this: Wearing a mask. Or not. These low-tech, high-impact, low-cost coverings are...
Beware a of a Trump Coup! June 2020The mass these protests against systemic racism are driving Donald Trump plumb crazy! Of course, that’s a pretty short drive...
George Floyd, you, me… us June 2020Viewing the video of George Floyd’s gruesome murder, one word from him stuck in my head, one painful human utterance...
How social distancing can bring us together June 2020Suddenly, “social distancing” is our new national etiquette, abruptly supplanting handshakes, hugs, gatherings, and other forms of ingrained communal behavior...
What does “Small Government” buy us? June 2020Amazingly, America has become a nation of socialists, asking in dismay: “Where’s the government?” These are not born-again Bernie Sanders...
What is the proper name for a kakistocracy? May 2020Times of great adversity not only bring out the best and worst in society, but they also flush out some...
What is “iyyikowa” and why do we need more of it? May 2020Charles Dickens, writing about the inequality and social turmoil leading to the French Revolution, noted that “It was the best...
What’s the Weirdest Species of All? May 2020What’s the Weirdest Species of All? I love those nature shows that probe the behavior and intelligence of birds, elephants,...
What’s the charitable thing to do about inequality? May 2020Our society has coined expressions like “philanthropist” to encourage and hail people’s charitable spirit. Look on the flip side of...
What’s the difference between corporate CEO’s and pigs? May 2020There’s a general sentiment today that multimillionaire corporate chieftains are pigs. But I think that’s unfair. To pigs. Those oinkers...
Why is Big Business getting tax funds meant for small business? May 2020Monty Bennett was just another faceless right-wing millionaire on the long list of high-dollar donors to Donald Trump – until...
Should Trump be America’s Postal Potentate? May 2020Here’s how I feel about the value of our nation’s postal service: “The humble Post Office is a community fixture,...
What’s the gimmick in Trump’s plan to “rescue” the public Postal Service? May 2020One thing we’ve learned for sure this year is that no national crisis is too awful to keep Trump &...
How intractable is CEO greed? April 2020As horrible as the COVID-19 crisis is, it has brought out the best in the American people – the selflessness...
The deadly economic disease behind COVID-19 April 2020In this horrible time of economic collapse, it is truly touching to see so many corporate chieftains reaching out in...
Don’t shut the post office, expand their services April 2020What’s the matter with the post office? The US Postal Service, I mean – the corporate hierarchy that runs this...
Far from a loser, post office is a money-making operation April 2020One public service that people really like and count on is the post office – which literally delivers for us....
The chicken sh*t lobby for corporate health care April 2020As Lyndon Johnson used to say about special interests trying to get his support to pass some blatantly self-serving legislation:...
Health care for people… or for corporate profits? April 2020When grassroots groups rise up against the corporate establishment to try winning some specific progressive changes for the common good,...
Wimpy leaders ignore strong people April 2020Right-wing Republicans and corporate Democrats have become a pathetic bunch of “No-can-do Nancys.” Faced with an economy reeling from the...
