GUILT BY ASSOCIATION September 2008Let’s play “Guilt By Association,” the fun-filled, down-and-dirty political game that is so popular with right-wing politicos! This year, the... Read more...
THE PRICE OF AUTOCRATIC ARROGANCE September 2008To your list of reasons not to support a police state in America, add this one: It’s expensive. I’m not... Read more...
PROFESSOR BUSH ECONOMIC NOSTRUM September 2008On this Labor day, when families all across America are struggling, it’s fitting for us to reflect on the profound... Read more...
NAME THAT DRUG! August 2008What does the word Prozac say to you? Or Viagra? Yes, they’re brand names for widely used prescription drugs, but... Read more...
NAME THAT DRUG! August 2008What does the word Prozac say to you? Or Viagra? Yes, they’re brand names for widely used prescription drugs, but... Read more...
CUT-RATE LABOR FOR ANY JOB August 2008Just when you think that, surely, the offshoring craze has peaked, here come more stories of “Globalization Gone Wild.” McClatchy... Read more...
CASHING IN ON PAYDAY LOANS August 2008The Bible tells us that Jesus drove the moneychangers out of the temple (for charging less, by the way, than... Read more...
A CEO PERK FOR CEO PERKS August 2008You know what really PO’s me? Having to pay taxes on the free personal trips that I take on my... Read more...
THE PRICE OF IMPORTED SHRIMP August 2008“Giant shrimp” is said to be an oxymoron, but it’s also moronic that we’ve let shrimp become a giant problem... Read more...
NEWSVERTISEMENTS August 2008Perhaps you thought that television news programs couldn’t possibly get any cheesier, more corporate, or more driven by the big... Read more...
MIGHTY MONSANTO GIVES UP August 2008Every now and then, reason, outrage, determination, and citizen activism combine to defeat the forces of avarice and arrogance. This... Read more...
BIG OIL’S NEW DARLING August 2008John McCain built his maverick image in part by being a Republican senator who’s willing to go against Big Oil.... Read more...
THE MESSAGE OF DOHA August 2008Most Americans never heard of the Doha Round, and if they did catch the name they might assume that it’s... Read more...
FOR REPUBLICAN LEADER, PRINCIPAL TRUMPS PRINCIPLE August 2008Time for another Gooberhead Award, presented periodically to people in the news who have their tongues running 100-miles per hour…... Read more...
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT BRIDGES… AND POLITICIANS August 2008As we Texans have learned from experience, it doesn’t take an IQ much higher than room temperature to be governor... Read more...
THE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY SCAM August 2008Acting like a four-year-old, George W has squeezed his eyes tight and put his fingers in his ears, claiming that... Read more...
STOP CLOWNING AROUND WITH OUR ECONOMY August 2008Here’s my no-cost economic reform plan for America: all politicians and economists who keep blathering that things are really in... Read more...
BUSH’S FAREWELL GIFT TO CHEMICAL BOSSES August 2008For nearly eight years, George W’s labor department has been a do-nothing agency, viewing the safety needs of America’s workers... Read more...
UBS: A BANK THAT ROBS US August 2008Maybe you had a bad month, but – wow – July was a bummer for UBS! This Swiss- based banking... Read more...
WHERE TO DRIVE YOUR BUGOTTI August 2008Time for another peek into the “Lifestyles of the Rich… and Cranky.” Yes, the rich have more money than you... Read more...
TIME FOR PERCOLATE-UP ECONOMICS August 2008Great news for you Horatio Algers! There are now more than 10 million people in the world who are millionaires... Read more...
BUSH’S EMPTY PROMISE TO WOUNDED VETS August 2008When Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae got in a financial crunch, George W was Georgie-on-the-spot, rushing out with... Read more...
INFOGROUP REDEFINES MORALITY August 2008CEOland is a wondrous kingdom. Denizens of this lofty realm can do no wrong, even when they do wrong, and... Read more...
AGAIN, CONGRESS SURRENDERS ITS CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS August 2008Don’t you wish now that your parents had named you Fannie or Freddie? Sure, these are old-fashioned names, but maybe... Read more...
BUSH DOES NEW ORLEANS. AGAIN. August 2008Gosh, it’s nearly time for George W’s annual fly-in to New Orleans, where he’ll hold a photo-op and tell the... Read more...
