In 1972, I was part of a nationwide campaign that came close to getting the US Senate to reject Earl...
This holiday season got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of...
Here’s a twist on Christmas that would make Jesus weep. First, a right-wing faction in the US has been wringing...
In a world that’s clogged and choking with a massive overdose of plastic trash, you’ll be heartened to learn that...
What does your toothbrush, a fish dinner, and your running shoes have in common? Plastic. We now live on Planet...
Advertising has been characterized as rattling a stick in a bucket – a noisy cry for public attention. One example...
‘Tis the season, right? Traditionally, this time of year celebrates spirituality and festivities – including Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. In...
As a writer, I get stuck every so often straining for the right words to tell my story. Over the...
Corporate bosses across America have been sputtering in outrage at you working stiffs this summer, spewing expletives about the fact...
America certainly has an abundance of food (even though many Americans do not), yet we face a momentous choice of...
Let’s talk Turkey! No, not the Butterball sitting in the Oval Office. I’m talking about the real thing, the big...
Sometimes, when watching Congress in action, I can’t decide whether to laugh, cry, or check myself into an insane asylum....
Here they come again – That gaggle of Washington politicos and pundits who keep assailing Joe Biden’s package of FDRish...
At least since the invention of the wheel, people have fixed, tinkered with, and improved every device they’ve possessed. It’s...
America’s economic and political inequality has led workaday Americans to exclaim: “The system is broken. Let’s fix it!” But there’s...
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...
If you’re a corporate employee, you know that something unpleasant is afoot when top executives are suddenly issuing statements about...
Tick-tick-tick… each sweep of Big-Tech’s clock enhances corporate power – but its hands also sweep away more of our civil...
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,...
Here are two terms you don’t expect to see together: “The state of Alabama” and “progressive leader.” (Ok, I’m a...
Nearly every nation with an advanced economy (and some not so advanced) treats child care as a fundamental public good...
Most people believe the American economy is being rigged by and for bankers, CEOs, and other superrich elites, because… well,...
Exciting news from Wall Street: Our wealth markets are booming! Everything from the Dow Jones Average to gold prices are...