SAVE THE CONGRESSIONAL MILLIONAIRES July 2010Let’s hear a cheer for a much maligned group of American workers, for they have stood up and done the...
FIGHTING THE SUPERBUGS OF ARGRIBUSINESS July 2010Not so long ago, the “miracle cure” of antibiotics prompted doctors to prescribe them for illnesses as minor as colds...
WIMPY LEADERS IGNORE A STRONG PEOPLE July 2010Right-wing Republicans and corporate Democrats have become a pathetic bunch of “No-can-do Nancys.” Faced with an economy reeling from the...
DELL'S DECEPTIVE "GENIUS" July 2010Let us now sing the praises of Dell Incorporated. The computer giant offers an object lesson for the laissez-faire ideologues...
SURPRISE! THE PEOPLE SPEAK July 2010Michael Duke is the Big Wally of Walmart. As CEO of the low-wage behemoth, he siphons some $19 million a...
AVERTING AMERICA'S "LONG DEPRESSION" July 2010The most moronic oxymoron I’ve ever heard is the one being cheerfully bandied about by economists as they tell us...
RETURN OF THE KATRINA TRAILERS July 2010They’re baaaack. The Creepy Creatures from Hurricane Katrina are reappearing on the Gulf Coast, having been raised from the dead....
SPENDING ON THE RICH, CUTTING BACK ON THE REST OF US July 2010Deficit hawks are on the fly in Washington, madly screeching that America can no longer afford… well, the American people....
THE CORPORATE REALITY OF CARLY AND MEG July 2010Big news in California politics: The Golden State’s GOP has nominated a pair of golden gals to try to take...
ECONOMISTS WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD July 2010The good news is that America’s economy continues to grow. The bad news is that most people’s personal economies continue...
BP'S CALLOUS CULTURE OF CARELESSNESS July 2010The Brits are mad at us. Why? Because we’re so mad at BP. Lord Tebbit, for example, has thrown a...
PAYING THE PRICE OF THE AFGHANISTAN WAR July 2010The good news is that the U.S. Senate and House are at last uniting in a truly bipartisan push to...
STOMPING ON AMERICA'S WORKERS July 2010Republican congress critters have once again stomped on the fingers of out-of-work Americans who’re clinging to unemployment aid to keep...
OBAMA'S POINTLESS AFGHANISTAN WAR July 2010General Stanley McChrystal is the lucky one. Having been booted from his Afghanistan command for a combination of insubordination and...
FRANKEN V. ROBERTS July 2010Way to go, Al! At last, there’s a Democrat in the Senate who’s acting like a real Democrat in the...
SOCCER SOCIALISM July 2010You know what’s wrong with America? I’ll tell you what’s wrong: Soccer. Yes, soccer – or, as the rest of...
LOOK OUT, BP'S DOING IT AGAIN! July 2010Okay people, nature needs us to focus. All of us who love polar bears, whales, seabirds, and other wildlife should...
DEMS CAVE IN TO CORPORATE POLITICAL POWER June 2010Should bank robbery be legal, as long as the robbers wear name tags? Such an absurd concept is at the...
"BP" STANDS FOR BANNING THE PRESS June 2010One bit of good news to come from BP’s gushing oil disaster in the Gulf is that it might save...
THE GOP'S GENETIC LINK TO BIG OIL June 2010If scientists were to examine the DNA of oil corporations and of Republican congress critters, I’ll bet they’d learn that...
CHEVROLET CRASHES CHEVY June 2010Good news, people. General Motors has turned a profit! However, there’s bad news, too: GM’s top executives are insane. By...
BP'S STEADY FLOW OF BS June 2010Urgent memo to the shareholders of the oil corporation formerly known as British Petroleum: Cap that gusher! Some of the...
A GOLDEN WAY OUT OF AFGHANISTAN June 2010Here’s some free advice: Never buy shares in a gold mine from a guy operating out of a house trailer....
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S KUMBAYA MOMENT June 2010In the category of “Big news that has gotten little coverage,” consider this stunner: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has...
BIG OIL TURNS AGAINST ONE OF ITS OWN June 2010The brotherhood gathered at the table, vowing fealty to the cause and to each other. “One for all and all...
