Episode

Should our natural resources have legal rights?

June 2019

From the very start of our nation, the most popular forum for debating and shaping our democratic rights was not...

How to arm nature against corporate profiteers

June 2019

There’s a hunter’s nightmare in which a group of them flush some rabbits out of the brush. But rather than...

What kind of country punishes Good Samaritans?

May 2019

Let us now contemplate the morality tale of the Good Samaritan. Not the one in the Old Testament, but the...

How ridiculous is Trump’s border stand?

May 2019

The most ridiculous thing about Donald Trump’s xenophobic, demagogic assault on Central American amnesty seekers is that his frantic demand...

Is it a crime to make Made-In-America products in China?

May 2019

What’s the matter with Donald and The Trumpeteers? Why won’t they stand up for the American workers and business owners...

Where’s the beef in Trump’s new trade deal?

May 2019

"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. Read more...

Why a 70% tax rate on the superrich would be good for America

May 2019

Once upon a time, there was a place where the prevailing ethic of the very richest people was that monetary...

What is the “AI agenda,” who’s pushing it, and why?

May 2019

Corporate bosses don’t talk about it in public, but among themselves – psssst – they whisper excitedly about implementing a...

Big Mac’s new Big Data “innovation”

May 2019

The great thing about corporate giants is that they are such amazing business innovators. For example, in the category of...

We hear the Dow Jones Average, but why not the Doug Jones Average?

May 2019

Language matters. For example, the words that corporate and government officials use to report on the health of America’s economy...

Tax Dodgers Incorporated

April 2019

Fats Domino sings: “I found my thrill, on Blueberry Hill.” Maybe, but America’s richest corporate powers know precisely where to...

Tax day: A thrill… or a chill?

April 2019

How thrilling was tax day for you? I refer, of course, to the thrill of getting that big juicy reduction...

Where is AI driving us?

April 2019

With chaos in the White House, worsening climate disasters, more wars than we can count, and a wobbling economy here...

Free the free press from Wall Street plunderers

April 2019

The core idea of the "civic commons" is that we can be a self-governing people. A noble aspiration! Read more...

Who are the serial killers of America’s newspapers?

April 2019

In a recent two-panel cartoon, a character holds a sign saying: "First they came for the reporters." In the next panel, his sign says: "We don't know what happened after that." Read more...

Trumponomics: Batman… or Dracula?

April 2019

Even if a White House report is just a pack of lies, it still can reveal some awful truths. Take...

Who says Trump is not a moral leader?

April 2019

It’s shocking, I tell you, shocking that some millionaires and billionaires would brazenly lie and cheat to weasel their undeserving...

The unnatural disasters pushing farmers off the land

March 2019

As a farmer told me, “You can still make a small fortune in agriculture, but you have to start with...

How much does Donald Trump love farmers?

March 2019

Have you noticed how often Donald Trump prefaces his comments and tweets with phrases like “frankly,” “to tell the truth,”...

Robot farmers – E-I-E-I-O!

March 2019

How’re you gonna keep ’em down on the farm after they’ve seen … Angus? Not “Angus,” the breed of cattle,...

Corporations are playing with our food – and our heads

March 2019

From kitchen tables worldwide you can hear a chorus of parents chastising their children with the same refrain: “Stop playing...

How to fight off a bad case of “CHS” Flu

March 2019

Unfortunately, an exotic flu epidemic has broken out in Washington, DC. Dubbed the “Canadian Hot Sauce Flu,” it uniquely afflicts...

Trump’s one-word re-election campaign

March 2019

“Socialism,” snarled The Donald at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient crowd of Trumpistas snarled back...

Trump’s one-word re-election campaign

March 2019

“Socialism,” snarled The Donald at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient crowd of Trumpistas snarled back...

Adios Amazon

February 2019

Amazon’s notorious attempt to squeeze $3 billion in subsidies from New York taxpayers had two very positive results: One, it...