PIRATE ETHICS December 2008The difference between pirate captains of old and modern-day corporate bosses is that pirates had ethics. They fairly shared their... Read more...
JOHN THAIN’S BLUE CHRISTMAS December 2008As Elvis sang in a mournful song, it’s going to be “a blue, blue, blue Christmas” for some of the... Read more...
HOW TO BANKRUPT A MEDIA COMPANY… AND SURVIVE December 2008Sam Zell is a media baron – even though he knows less about the news business than a hog knows... Read more...
GOOD WAGES ARE GOOD FOR AMERICA December 2008Some U.S. Senators are real corkers. Take Bob Corker, a Republican from Tennessee. Please. He’s on the committee overseeing the... Read more...
EDIBLE JUSTICE December 2008“The arc of the moral universe is long,” declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior, “but it bends toward justice.” It... Read more...
THE DOWNTURN HITS HIGH-DOLLAR SPORTS December 2008Times are hard. How hard? So hard that Tiger Woods just lost a $7.5 million sponsorship contract he had with... Read more...
BUSH OKS ENVIRONMENTAL GROTESQUERIE December 2008Let’s say you are CEO of a coal corporation, and you want to get at the black gold deep inside... Read more...
LOBBYIST CHANGE THEIR STRIPES December 2008One word defines the 2008 political year: Change! People are demanding real change, and Barack Obama rode their demand right... Read more...
SIGN OF THE TIMES December 2008Economists, myopically poring over reams of data, have finally noticed that our economy is in a recession. If only they’d... Read more...
THE ARMY EXPERIENCE CENTER December 2008From football to beach volleyball, competitive games can get your juices going. But the ultimate game, the one that’ll give... Read more...
FROM UGLY POLITICAL ADS TO THE BEAUTY OF RETURN DAY December 2008Now that the long election season is behind us, surely people of all political stripes can agree on one thing:... Read more...
STEALTH PRICE INCREASES ON CONSUMER PRODUCTS December 2008Good grief! Whole industries are downsizing, paychecks are shrinking, home values are dwindling, and our 401Ks are deflating to 1Ks.... Read more...
LINK UP WITH THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE December 2008If the sweeping vote for change on Election Day is really to bear fruit, We The People must be the... Read more...
REPAIRING BUSH’S REGULATORY WRECKAGE December 2008You don’t hear it outside the Beltway, but there’s a constant roar inside Washington these days. With time running out... Read more...
CREDIT CARDHOLDERS' BILL OF RIGHTS November 2008It’s hard to feel much love for bankers, but they’re sure not helping themselves right now. Even as they’ve been... Read more...
AMERICA’S GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT November 2008What better day than Thanksgiving to celebrate our country’s food rebels! I’m talking about the growing movement of small farmers,... Read more...
CITIGROUP BAILS OUT ON EMPLOYEES November 2008“We are a bank,” Vikram Pandit recently told employees of Citigroup, the Wall Street banking conglomerate that Pandit heads. Perhaps... Read more...
GROUP OF 20’S GLOBAL FINANCE SHOW November 2008Were you as impressed with George W’s Glorious Global Finance Gala as I was? What a show! The leaders of... Read more...
WE’VE MADE PROGRESS – KEEP PUSHING November 2008After casting her ballot for Barack Obama, Amanda Jones said simply, “I feel good about voting for him.” Ms. Jones,... Read more...
DON'T BE GLUM – GO SHOPPING! November 2008Yes, these are tough economic times, but when the going gets tough, the tough get going… to Neiman Marcus. Hoping... Read more...
MONSANTO'S LATEST BIOTECH MIRICLE November 2008Once again, here comes the Monsanto Medicine Show! The corporate flimflammer is hawking yet another brand of pricey biotech snake... Read more...
SPREAD THE WEALTH, REBUILD AMERICA November 2008When Barack Obama said, “I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody,” John McCain and his... Read more...
BECOME A BANK HOLDING COMPANY November 2008Hi, I’m a bank holding company. I used to be just another guy trying to make a go of it,... Read more...
THE BIGGEST BANK ROBBERY EVER November 2008Maybe you – like most of the media and most Congress Critters – think that the Bushites’ bailout of their... Read more...
PRICING FANS OUT OF THE GAME November 2008Generations of Americans have enjoyed whiling away an afternoon or evening with friends and family at the ballpark, joining in... Read more...
