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Save our Post Office… and our right to vote

August 2020

As progressive champion John Lewis warned, your right to vote “is not guaranteed. You can lose it.” You see, it’s... Read more...

Getting into “Good Trouble”

August 2020

In this horrible time of economic collapse, it is truly touching to see so many corporate chieftains reaching out in... Read more...

How intractable is CEO greed?

August 2020

As horrible as the COVID-19 crisis is, it has brought out the best in the American people – the selflessness... Read more...

The deadly economic disease behind COVID-19

August 2020

In this horrible time of economic collapse, it is truly touching to see so many corporate chieftains reaching out in... Read more...

How to fight off a bad case of “CHS” Flu

August 2020

Unfortunately, an exotic flu epidemic has broken out in Washington, DC. Dubbed the “Canadian Hot Sauce Flu,” it uniquely afflicts... Read more...

Trump’s one-word re-election campaign

August 2020

“Socialism,” snarled The Donald at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient crowd of Trumpistas snarled back... Read more...

The virus that’s killing America

July 2020

The holy mantra of health professionals was coined about 2,500 years ago by the Greek physician, Hippocrates: “Do no harm.”... Read more...

The exceptional greed of healthcare executives

July 2020

Sometimes I don’t know whether to weep uncontrollably, laugh hysterically, or just throw up. I recently did all three when... Read more...

Sneaking public dollars into private schools

July 2020

During today’s COVID-19 crisis, the PR departments of every brand-name corporation are running slick ads nobly proclaiming: “We’re all in... Read more...

Spinning around on Trump’s Money-go-round

July 2020

The Donald is in a funk. He’s been outsmarted by an inert virus, his poll numbers are tanking, and even... Read more...

Sacrificing people to corporate profit

July 2020

As directed by their big business funders, top Republican officeholders across the country have been defying public health experts in... Read more...

Cashing in on the COVID crisis

July 2020

Why does Donald Trump refuse to wear a coronavirus mask? Because he realizes that, in a mask, we’d all recognize... Read more...

The GOP’s grotesque plan to cope with COVID-19

July 2020

Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease is presently raging anew because corporate-serving public officials rushed to “open the... Read more...

Meet the Slaphappy Governor of Texas

July 2020

Once again, my state of Texas is saddled with a Republican gubernatorial goober. Greg Abbott is this guy’s name, and... Read more...

The meek reality behind Trump’s pose as a Bull Moose Populist

July 2020

It’s been pointed out that Donnie Trump has unusually small hands… but who cares? What’s truly alarming are his unusually... Read more...

Trump versus the wisdom of Robert E. Lee

June 2020

While our present President’s moral character seems stuck somewhere between boorish and brutish, it’s only fair to note that he... Read more...

A wealth tax for American Progress

June 2020

The rich are different from you and me. For one thing, they’re rich. Among the super-rich, though, there tends to... Read more...

Who was Smedley Darlington Butler, and why is he important?

June 2020

Many Americans can’t believe that political coups are part of our country’s history – but consider from the Wall Street... Read more...

Unmasking America’s mask profiteers

June 2020

Everyone should wear a protective medical mask – but some ought to be in ski masks, like those favored by... Read more...

What’s behind a mask?

June 2020

The chief cultural emblem of our times is this: Wearing a mask. Or not. These low-tech, high-impact, low-cost coverings are... Read more...

Beware a of a Trump Coup!

June 2020

The mass these protests against systemic racism are driving Donald Trump plumb crazy! Of course, that’s a pretty short drive... Read more...

George Floyd, you, me… us

June 2020

Viewing the video of George Floyd’s gruesome murder, one word from him stuck in my head, one painful human utterance... Read more...

How social distancing can bring us together

June 2020

Suddenly, “social distancing” is our new national etiquette, abruptly supplanting handshakes, hugs, gatherings, and other forms of ingrained communal behavior... Read more...

What does “Small Government” buy us?

June 2020

Amazingly, America has become a nation of socialists, asking in dismay: “Where’s the government?” These are not born-again Bernie Sanders... Read more...

Standing with George Floyd

June 2020

One word in particular, one sound, one horror that I can’t get out of my head is this: George Floyd... Read more...