For more than a year, America’s corporate chieftains have been moaning about “The Great Resignation” – the recent phenomena of...
Corporate acolytes and right-wing moralists constantly preach to laboring stiffs about the uplifting dignity of work. Of course, that’s “dignity”...
Here’s a hot topic for Labor Day: Heat. It’s been a hell of a hot summer, exploding the top off...
Let’s all gather ‘round the campfire, Buckaroos and let Ol’ Cactus Jim here tell you about some of today’s hardy,...
The “old homeplace” is a classic theme of Americana, expressed in everything from Norman Rockwell paintings to Woody Guthrie’s powerful...
Sen. Joe Manchin – a one-man political steamroller in Washington – is a Democrat. Except when he’s not, which is...
From corporate polluters to political bosses, power elites try to create a myth of inevitability, trying to make workaday people...
We’re trying something new here at the Lowdown! We’ve been having a blast with our live talk show, so we’re...
America’s stringent system of corporate capitalism keeps carving out new depths of worker exploitation. Take Chick-fil-A, a right-wing, Atlanta-based, fast-food...
“Work your fingers to the bone – whadda ya get? Boney Fingers.” This 1960s song mocking the vaunted virtue of...
Is it a good deal to sell out your personal integrity for cash from notorious scoundrels? Depends on your sell-out...
Republican politicos are all over Joe Biden for failing to stop inflation. Perhaps you wonder, though, what these squawkers would...
Although we haven’t even gotten through this year’s midterm congressional elections, it’s still not too early to start examining some...
How about Ron DeSantis? The Florida governor is the new darling of the right-wing media, funders, and other establishment powers...
“It’s over.” “Biden’s numbers are in the ditch.” “Democrats are doomed.” “Call the priest.” These are Democrats talking! Even before...
President Biden recently flew off to Taiwan to assure allies there that he will fight for them. And next he’s...
“Equal Justice Under Law.” That’s the noble principle carved into the marble façade of the temple-like Supreme Court building. Today,...
Usurping the fundamental rights of women to control their own bodies. Authorizing corporate giants to buy our elections. Nullifying the...
When Supreme Court member Sam Alito’s secret plan for canceling the constitutional right of women to end their pregnancies leaked...
Mitch McConnell, the perpetually sour old goose who heads the Senate Republican Caucus, had a hissy fit when the news...
Here are two terms you don’t expect to see together: “The state of Alabama” and “progressive leader.” (Ok, I’m a...
Question: What does a packet of M&M’s and your local veterinarian have in common? Answer: Both are owned by Mars...
For many people, the animals they adopt and love become more like family members than pets. We have deep relationships,...
What is so supreme about the Supreme Court? I mean besides being housed in an imposing marble building, being the...
Ralph Waldo Emerson told about a guest who came to dinner and spent the entire evening prattling about his own...