Is Healthcare more important than healthcare profits? December 2019Last year, Donald Trump said something stupid. Okay, nothing astonishing about that – but this stupid thing did astonish an...
Special gifts for special people December 2019Ho-Ho-Ho, wait till you hear about the gifts I gave to some of America’s power elites for Christmas. To each...
DADDY’S PHILOSOPHY December 2019This special day got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of...
Can “powerless nobodies” fight the corporate powers? December 2019Generations of working class shrimpers, oysterers, and other fishing families on the sparkling bays along the Texas coastline of the...
Should Democrats be the party of small change? December 2019We might expect that corporate billionaires and Koch-funded Republican right-wingers would be howl-at-the-moon opponents of a wealth tax, Medicare-for-All, and...
What’s scaring the bejeezus out of billionaires? December 2019There’s a new political army on the march in America: Tromp-tromp-tromp they came, it’s the Billionaire Brigade! It’s actually a...
How Trump’s poverty subsidy enriches the rich December 2019Breaking news: Donald Trump has inadvertently said something true! He recently exulted that his special tax incentives to spur investment...
How greedy billionaires become richer greedy billionaires December 2019Years ago, a Texas legislator who was known to be bribable explained his ethical framework as opportunistic: “I seen my...
Which food future will you choose? November 2019America certainly has an abundance of food (even though many Americans do not), yet we face a momentous choice of...
When and where was the first Thanksgiving Feast? November 2019Let’s talk Turkey! No, not the Butterball sitting in the Oval Office. I’m talking about the real thing, the big...
Why would we trust plutocrats to save us from plutocracy November 2019Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote of being leery of a fast-talking huckster who visited his home: “The louder he talked...
When the world’s on fire, what should we do? November 2019For millions of people around the globe – especially young people – the pressing issue of our time is this:...
What’s the Weirdest Species of All? November 2019I love those nature shows that probe the behavior and intelligence of birds, elephants, and other fellow creatures. However, there’s...
Want to Help Stop Big Oil’s Thievery? November 2019The one thing you never want to hear your dentist say is: “Oops!” It’s also alarming to hear that from...
Where can Trump find a Good Farm Policy? October 2019Donald Trump’s idea of a good farm program seems to be “Hee Haw.” On a recent trip to Wisconsin, he...
Sonny and Donnie: Down on the farm October 2019Government by the rich is called plutocracy. Government by police power is autocracy. Government by thieves is kleptocracy. Government by...
A wealth tax for American Progress October 2019The rich are different from you and me. For one thing, they’re rich. Among the super-rich, though, there tends to...
How to destroy a giant corporation from within October 2019Corporate mega-mergers keep being announced with great hoopla, but – as we’ve learned from promises made by merging airlines, banks,...
The Gloppy mess of merger mania October 2019Here’s a recipe for you: Chop up some Oscar Mayer wieners, stir in Heinz ketchup, blend with Cool Whip and...
Kroger: Don’t Lose Local News October 2019Like most politicians, corporate executives never do anything wrong. If anything wrong does “happen,” it’s always someone else’s fault. That’s...
How small can a giant supermarket chain get? October 2019Do you shop at a Kroger supermarket? Or maybe at Ralph’s, Fred Meyer, King Sooper’s, or… well, never mind, all...
Suspending our right to protest destructive corporate greed October 2019As George Bernard Shaw noted, “You don’t make progress by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well-hammered yourself.”...
Who’s behind the increasing suppression of your right to protest? October 2019When did We The People vote to outlaw peaceful public protest against corporate profiteers who’re running roughshod over our values,...
To make democracy work, we have to work it September 2019The awful truth about the corporate and governmental power elites in our democratic society is that they really don’t like...
When the world’s on fire, what should we do? September 2019For millions of people around the globe – especially young people – the pressing issue of our time is this:...
