COLOR-CODED TERRORISM ALERTS FADING TO BLACK December 2010Okay, boys and girls, pull out your crayons, and let’s see if you can do a better job of coloring...
MOVE YOUR MONEY December 2010Do you love your megabank? I’m talking about your local branch of CitiChaseWellsMorganofAmerica – or some similar financial conglomeration. As...
THE STORY BEHIND TOM DELAY'S CONVICTION December 2010Poor Tom DeLay. The former Republican lawmaker was once so powerful that he declared, “I AM the federal government.” But...
THE BOOM IS BACK! December 2010Excellent news, people! After three years of financial doldrums and depression, money is on the move again, the economy is...
"THE HAMMER" GETS NAILED December 2010For once, I actually agree with something that with Tom DeLay said. The former Republican leader of Congress recently declared...
THE REDISTRIBUTION OF AMERICA'S WEALTH TO THE FEW December 2010America’s unemployed and downsized workers are furious that corporate profits, stock prices, and CEO pay are up – while hiring...
MISDEMEANORS FOR THE RICH December 2010Here’s a crime drama, tragedy, and farce – all in one play. First comes the crime perpetrator, Martin Erzinger. A...
CEOs SOAK SHAREHOLDERS AND TAXPAYERS FOR PERKS December 2010You think you’ve got financial problems, Bucko? It’s time you considered the squeeze that others are feeling. For example, CEOs....
HELLO, VIETNAM! November 2010Several of America’s top high-tech giants are now breaking with conventional thinking on the offshoring of their factories and jobs,...
GOUGING CONSUMERS WITH HIGH-FLYING FEES November 2010Why do airline executives hate their customers? Not so very long ago, airlines boasted about flying “the friendly skies,” but...
GIRL SCOUTS DELIVER AN ETHICAL LESSON TO GSA November 2010The first job of a citizen is to keep your mouth open, and often the collective mouth of the American...
GIVING THANKS FOR GRASSROOTS PROGRESSIVES November 2010Wow, that was an exhilarating election, wasn’t it? Of course, even a car wreck can be exhilarating. Still, this Thanksgiving,...
THE IMMORALITY OF "AMERICA AT WAR" November 2010Are you aware that America has now been at war for nearly a decade? We’ve been fighting, bleeding, and dying...
WALL STREET TAKES ITS SOB STORY TO THE SUMMIT November 2010This is at least a six-hankie story, so pull that box of tissues up close to you. Ready? Wall Street...
RADIATING, HARASSING AND MOLESTING FLYERS November 2010Hmmm. Here’s a headline that us frequent fliers are not happy to see: “Pilots urged to avoid body scanning.” This...
MEET YOUR NEW NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD MARKET November 2010The signature phrase of America’s booming good food movement has been expanded from “organic” to “local and sustainable.” Good! The...
CORPORATE FLIMFLAMMERS SUCKERING CONGRESS, AGAIN November 2010If you google Google, you might learn that this internet powerhouse once proudly promised to do no evil. In CorporateWorld,...
I SPY ON YOU, AND VICE VERSA November 2010Every time some dimwitted bozo tries to pull off a screwy terrorist act against us, the kneejerk reaction of our...
THE RESILIENT GREEDINESS OF WALL STREET EXECUTIVES November 2010It appears to be a truly amazing feat of magic. Right before your eyes, this thing rises into the air...
OBAMA'S WILLY LOMAN SCHTICK November 2010Of all the things you’d want the President of the United States to tackle right after November’s congressional elections, how...
DON'T JUST VOTE, RUN FOR OFFICE! November 2010With the media’s preoccupation with Tea Party politicking, and with the full force of raw corporate power suffocation our democracy,...
A SIMMERING WATER WAR November 2010Here in my home state of Texas, we’re suffering from withdrawal pains. This is not caused by our addiction to...
THE GLORY OF WAR November 2010Our society, like most others, glorifies war. ” For God and Country!” is the cry. “Be all you can be,...
MURDOCH STRIPS FOX OF ANY JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY November 2010Fox TV has quit reporting the news… to become the news. To promote its corporate political agenda, Fox has surrendered...
HARD TIMES, SOFT HEADS November 2010A recent New York Times headline used the word “soft” to describe today’s economy. On what planet does that wordsmith...
