TOO MANY LEAKS OR TOO MUCH SECRECY? March 2006Poor ol’ Porter Goss. He’s our nation’s chief spook, but he’s got no sense of timing. Goss, head of the...
ANOTHER WINDFALL FOR BIG OIL March 2006The only thing deeper than those deep-water oil rigs out in the Gulf of Mexico is the depth of greed...
THE PRICE OF CHENEY'S QUAIL HUNT February 2006The national media swarmed all over the story of “Dead-Eye Dick” Cheney bagging a Texas lawyer on a quail hunt....
BUSH BACKS HORSEMEAT FACTORIES February 2006I hope you haven’t just eaten, because we need to talk about horsemeat. It’s not widely known, but there are...
JERRY LEWIS, THE CLOWN February 2006You’ve probably heard of Jerry Lewis, the comedian, but you’ve probably not heard of Jerry Lewis, the congressional clown –...
CONSERVATIVES CHASTISE BUSH February 2006George W insists that he has supreme power as commander-in-chief to spy on American citizens, without following any stinking due...
EXXPOSE EXXON February 2006Shhhhh. Exxon Mobil doesn’t want any attention paid to its latest profit report. How big was their profit last year?...
"SUNTAN JOHNNY" BOEHNER February 2006John Boehner, the newly elected house majority leader, says he’s a reformer – so we can rest easy, now, knowing...
WHERE'S THE PRESIDENT? February 2006When George W finally got to New Orleans last September after Hurricane Katrina hit, he stood in Jackson Square to...
SPYIN' AND LYIN' February 2006As we’ve seen in his botched handling of everything from the Iraqi occupation to the Katrina disaster, George W is...
BUSH'S "DECENT SOCIETY" February 2006Ah, the glowing rhetoric of a presidential “state of the union” speech can be so uplifting, can’t it? Take George...
LOBBYISTS REJECT RESTRICTIONS February 2006Both political parties, squirming under the spreading scandals of supersleaze lobbyist Jack Abramoff, suddenly began posing as reformers, saying it’s...
PRESIDENT PINOCCHIO SPEAKS TO THE NATION February 2006Gosh, so much muck to rake, so little time. I speak, of course, about George W’s recent “State of the...
THE LATEST "CREEP" OF ADVERTISING February 2006Get ready. They’re coming. They’ve got you right where they want you, and they’re convinced that you can’t escape this...
CONGRESS SPINNING ITS WHEELS ON REFORM February 2006Here’s my wise adage for the day: Never mistake motion for progress. For example, if your car gets stuck in...
BUSH'S IRS GOES AFTER POOR FOLKS February 2006You’ve gotta love the consistency of the Bushites. When they ram through their multibillion-dollar tax giveaways, it’s the superrich and...
FIRING THE WRONG AUTO WORKERS February 2006Wow, it’s open season on auto workers, isn’t it? In December, General Motors said it was eliminating 30,000 of its...
MICHAEL EISNER'S "INVENTIVENESS" February 2006Who says television is a wasteland? If you’re sick of getting 500 channels and still finding nothing to watch, get...
EQUIP THE GRUNTS! February 2006There’s an old bumpersticker that says: “It’ll be a great day when our schools get all the money that they...
SANTORUM SUDDENLY DISCOVERS ETHICS February 2006Attention, class. Once again we have congress to thank for teaching you kindergartners a lesson in moral behavior. The lesson...
WALL STREET DIVVIES UP THE BONUS BOOTY February 2006Oh, hallelujah, the bonuses are in! Manna from heaven is showering down upon you! You are a Wall Street broker,...
MONTANA SENATORS ENJOY DINNER & DANCE WITH MONSANTO April 2004A group of state legislators in Montana have come up with a truly-innovative reform dealing with the influence that corporate...
DICK'S DEADLY FANTASIES April 2004One important job for the next president will be to dig into Dick Cheney’s White House bunker and to learn...
