BUSH’S MAGIC ACT IN IRAQ September 2006George W is an amazing magician – the “Amazing Kreskin” of global foreign policy! With a flash of his magic...
SAVE US FROM OUR “PROTECTORS” September 2006Excuse me for a moment while I break away from the herd. Conventional wisdom – as put forth by the...
“THE BUSH BOOM” September 2006It’s Labor Day! How ya doin’? To hear George W tell it, these are boom times – worker productivity is...
FRAN'S TRAVELS September 2006Where’s Fran? Let’s see, if it’s Thursday, Fran must be in Yosemite… or is it the Everglades? Fran Mainella has...
ASHCROFT CASHES IN August 2006Years ago, an ethically-challenged Texas legislator who had made quite a bit of money while in office, unabashedly said: “I...
OLD MR. GREED TAKES CHARGE AT AMERICAN August 2006It’s said that the only constant in our fast-paced world is change. But employees at American Airlines have learned that...
HEALTH CARE MORALITY August 2006Contrary to the “contrived wisdom” of the Powers That Be, providing health care for everyone is not an economic or...
BUSING ADS TO SCHOOL KIDS August 2006You know what’s wrong with kids today? They’re just not getting enough advertising in their lives, that’s what. Take school....
A BILL TO BAN SWEATSHOP LABOR August 2006The mantra of the global corporate establishment is: “free trade… free trade… free trade…” Especially insidious is their insistence that...
THE PRICE OF CONGLOMERATE JOURNALISM August 2006The new managing editor of Time magazine has a rather grandiose sense of his publication’s place in the scheme of...
CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITIES August 2006Some stories that I come across cause my hair to burst into flames and my eyeballs to explode. This is...
CRUDE OIL August 2006When you look at the price you’re paying for gasoline, then look at the profits that Exxon, Shell, and the...
BAD BOSSES August 2006During his 13-year tenure, the recently-retired CEO of Exxon Mobile paid himself $144,000 a day – and he worked in...
AMERICA BUILDS A PALACE IN IRAQ August 2006To those critics who keep yammering that the Bushites have spent billions of our tax dollars for the reconstruction of...
SUPERRICH TAX CHEATS August 2006The truly rich are very different from you and me – they don’t pay taxes. Instead they pay millions of...
THE PARIS HILTON MINIMUM WAGE HIKE August 2006Step right up folks and get your own bottle of Dr. Republican’s fabulous, new, magic cure-all potion! It’s 100-percent guaranteed...
BUSH'S NEW KANGAROO COURTS August 2006As the nature and form of our nation’s government was being debated some 200 years ago, George Washington is said...
HOW BIG IS YOUR TV? August 2006Time for another peek [Lifestyle Theme] into the “Lifestyles of the Rich… and Cranky.” Today’s feature: How big is yours?...
PROTECTING AMERICA FROM FAIR DRUG PRICES August 2006Isn’t it great to know that our homeland security officials are on the job to protect you and me? Yesirsee,...
ANOTHER FRONT GROUP FOR GEORGE August 2006George W has a new veterans front group trying to give him some political cover. He had the notorious “Swift...
BUSH'S BACKFIRE August 2006Giving credit where credit is due, I’ll concede that Bush’s gang of neo-con ideological nutballs were right when they said...
A SECRET WINDFALL FOR DRUG MAKERS August 2006It looks like ’06 is going to be a banner year for drug corporations! Profits at Merck, for example, have...
RAISING THE BAR ON EXCLUSIVITY July 2006It’s time for another peek [Lifestyle Theme] into “The Lifestyles of the Rich… and Cranky.” The cruel irony of being...
GIANTS LEECHING ON SBA July 2006You might assume that the Small Business Administration exists to help, you know, small business. But that would ignore the...
THE COMIC ABSURDITY OF HOMELAND SECURITY July 2006Code Red Alert! Code Red! Your department of homeland security is at it again! This bungling bureaucratic behemoth, which is...
