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SUBSIDIZING MANURE LAGOONS

January 2008

Old MacDonald Incorporated, has a farm, and e-i-e-i-o, it stinks and it pollutes! Washington is about to pass a humongous... Read more...

BUSH’S ECONOMIC PLAN WORKED

January 2008

At last, economists have discovered that America is tumbling into a recession. Of course, most Americans have known for months... Read more...

ELECTION INTEGRITY, 2008

January 2008

Election year fever is picking up as primary voters make their choices, and all political parties are girding themselves for... Read more...

AMERICA’S GAPING ECONOMIC DIVIDE

January 2008

What happened to the good ol’ American notion of the common good – the idea that we’re all in this... Read more...

THE STRANGE SCIENCE OF PSYCHONOMICS

January 2008

Time for another Gooberhead Award [Beaniecap Breakdown] – presented periodically to those in the news who have their tongues going... Read more...

THE PRICE OF CHEAP GOODS

January 2008

WalMart, Dell, Disney, and other corporate giants are profiting enormously by moving the manufacturing of their consumer products to China.... Read more...

BUSH'S HEALTH CARE IDEOLOGY

January 2008

George W, a devout worshipper at the alter of corporate ideology, believes it is sinful for modest-income families to get... Read more...

THE FBI’S NEW ID SYSTEM

January 2008

You can stop worrying that the forces of autocracy in America are going to require all of us to carry... Read more...

THE PERMANENT WAR?

January 2008

Want the U.S. out of Iraq before year’s end? Or maybe next year? Or even four years from now? If... Read more...

THE PROBLEM WITH CHINESE GOODS

January 2008

“Made in China” has become a warning label. Look out – toxics in toothpaste, arsenic in shrimp, lead in toys!... Read more...

THE OLYMPICS: LET THE SPYING BEGIN

January 2008

It’s another Olympic year – that quadrennial spectacular of athletic prowess, international goodwill… and government spying on all who attend.... Read more...

FORECLOSING ON RENTERS

January 2008

Ponzi schemes are illegal – unless they’re being run by Wall Street bankers and delivering fat profits to some of... Read more...

FACTS FOR ACTION ON HEALTH CARE

January 2008

Widely-reported fact Number One: our country faces a growing health care crisis, that leaves 47 million Americans with no health... Read more...

PAYING THE PRICE FOR NAFTA

January 2008

New Year’s Day is normally considered a harbringer of hope, but this New Year dawned as a day of dread... Read more...

MY “ORDER OF MERIT”

January 2008

Have you ever been unexpectedly honored with a special award? If so, you know how thrilled I was to get... Read more...

TAKING CARE OF THE SMITHSONIAN

January 2008

Our national attic is caving in. “America’s attic” is the unofficial name of the venerable Smithsonian Institution. This is the... Read more...

THE LUXURY OF CHINESE LABOR

January 2008

Officials in China have had some trouble making translations from Chinese to English. For example, a sign to alert visitors... Read more...

THE BIZARE IDOLIZATION OF REAGAN

December 2007

I must admit that the seven-year reign of Bush & Company makes me yearn for the years of Ronald Reagan,... Read more...

AMERICA’S GAPING ECONOMIC DIVIDE

December 2007

What happened to the good ol’ American notion of the common good – the idea that we’re all in this... Read more...

GIVING AWAY APPALACHIA

December 2007

Boy, things are hectic inside the Bush regime these days! The clock is ticking, and Corporate America is rushing to... Read more...

UNFRIENDLY SKIES

December 2007

Travel in some primitive parts of the world is a nightmare – passengers are treated like livestock, service is surly,... Read more...

GIFTS FOR A HAPPIER NEW YEAR

December 2007

Wait till you hear about the gifts I gave to some of America’s power elites for Christmas. To each of... Read more...

CORPORATE AMERICA’S “CHEAP” IMPORT ADDICTION

December 2007

Goodness gracious, China – clean up your act! The news is filled with horror stories of China’s nasty exports coming... Read more...

LOBBYIST GO SHOPPING

December 2007

‘Tis the shopping season, and many bedraggled consumers are going store to store seeking gifts for loved ones. But the... Read more...

FREE MARKET HYPOCRITES

December 2007

Here’s today’s provocative question from professor Hightower: Why do so many giant corporations hate the marketplace? Yes, hate. Oh, sure... Read more...