Episode

The militarization of "Officer Friendly"

June 2014

Let’s check our weaponry: 93,000 machine guns, 533 planes and helicopters, 180,000 magazine cartridges, and 432 mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles....

Citigroup "wins" but loses; Rakoff "loses" but wins

June 2014

Believe it or not, one public official has actually stood up to the finagling banksters of Wall Street. Three years...

What job creation numbers don’t tell us

June 2014

Have you noticed that The Powers That Be employ an entirely different standard for measuring the health of America’s job...

In Oklahoma, "conservative" means serving corporate power

June 2014

Oklahomans have been socked with a surprise from their own, supposedly “conservative” state officials. It seems that thousands of Sooners...

Economists find creative solution to US unemployment

June 2014

Excellent news, people. Let me put it to you as a number: 8.7 million. That’s how many new jobs the...

The NRA ducks a shot of common sense

June 2014

Whoa, that was close! The National Rifle Association came dangerously close to shooting itself in the foot recently with a...

A chicken coop as a monument to greed

June 2014

If you’re an upper-class, über-rich Brit, the price of being blessed with such wealth and social standing is that you’re...

Low-wage corporate exploiters dressed as mom & pop

June 2014

When corporate lobbyists and the congress critters they control attack efforts to raise the minimum wage to at least a...

Is it smart to connect smart phones to smart homes?

June 2014

In my unstinting effort to keep you up-to-the-moment in the digital world of “what’s happening next?”, allow me to introduce...

When no news is bad news

June 2014

If a tree falls in the woods and NBC, ABC, and CBS aren’t there to cover the crash, does it...

A bold shift in America's minimum wage debate

June 2014

At last, our political leaders in Washington are taking action for low-wage workers and the middle class, striking a bold...

Caterpillar crawls into offshore tax haven to hide profits

June 2014

The dictionary defines a caterpillar as a “wormlike larva” and a “crawler.” Also, that “pillar” part of the word is...

Fast food chains stealing from low-wage workers

June 2014

No matter how small the haul is, a thief is a thief, right? If a poverty-wage fast-food worker sneaks out...

Being a bankster means never saying, "I'm sorry"

June 2014

The funny thing about Wall Street banksters is that they make a killing by defrauding millions of homeowners, customers, investors,...

Let's Re-fund America

June 2014

As we know, the barons of Wall Street have not hesitated to raid our public treasury and haul off trillions...

Moral Monday on the move

June 2014

Rosa Parks became a powerful symbol of courage and defiance in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s by simply...

Samsung apologizes. Only, not really

May 2014

Sometimes, corporate chieftains actually step forward to apologize for the abuse they inflict on workers, consumers, communities, and the environment....

Bernanke's cut of bankers bailout loot

May 2014

Perhaps you’ve been wondering: How’s Ben doing? Extremely well – thank you, now that he has stepped down as head...

Corporations shift their tax burdens to you

May 2014

Did you scramble to get your taxes done this year, dashing to the mailbox at the last minute? Yeah, me...

Wall Street rewards Ben and Tim for stiffing you

May 2014

Not only has the Wall Street bailout restored the banksters who wrecked our economy to full prosperity, it’s also paying...

America's ongoing rebellion for fairness and justice

May 2014

The corporate Powers That Be keep thinking we’ll stay hitched to their plow no matter how severely they lash us...

School lunches vs. fat cat dinners

May 2014

Ah, progress! In the 2012 elections, Republicans cast themselves as budget balancers by promising to whack welfare programs for the...

Sniffing the ethical rot in Wall Street's culture

May 2014

Let’s review the rap sheet of Wall Street banks: Defrauding investors, cheating homeowners, money laundering, rigging markets, tax evasion, credit...

Koch brothers demand more government intervention and taxes

May 2014

Hypothetical conundrums can provide valuable learning experiences for students of corporate management and ethics, so let’s study one. Suppose you’re...

Pfizer thumbs its corporate nose at America

May 2014

Gosh, you’ve got to feel sorry for Pfizer. The poor drug giant has to pay taxes in our country, so...