WOMEN OF WAL-MART FIGHT DISCRIMINATION February 2007Get ready for another touchie-feelie Wal-Mart ad to saturate the airwaves soon. Whenever this retailing behemoth gets caught in one... Read more...
BUSH SEIZES MORE POWER February 2007Oh, swell. George W is assigning a political nanny to every agency in the federal government. In a new directive,... Read more...
REIN IN BIG TOBACCO February 2007The food and drug administration regulates the contents of Aspirin, potato chips… even dog food. But this safety watchdog has... Read more...
RUMMY WON'T GO AWAY February 2007Old soldiers never die… they keep hanging on as consultants. Actually Donnie Rumsfeld was not a soldier – he just... Read more...
THE WORKPLACE BODY SNATCHERS February 2007New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is learning the hard way that workers don’t like bosses snooping on them. Hizzoner... Read more...
BUSH'S RHETORIC ON RENEWABLES February 2007Just before George W’s state of the union speech in January, a top administration official gushed that the prez would... Read more...
CLEAN-MONEY CANDIDATES ARE WINNING February 2007Cynics say that we’ll never get the controlling, corrupt corporate money out of politics. But those who say it can’t... Read more...
MOLLY IVINS February 2007We progressives, we Americans – and anyone, anywhere who loves liberty and justice – have lost a true, trusted friend.... Read more...
BIG OIL SPEAKS FOR BUSH February 2007Anyone who thinks that money doesn’t talk in our Nation’s Capitol might be right. Cash doesn’t really talk – it... Read more...
BUSH'S HEALTH-CARE TAX February 2007Look out, everyone – George W has had another idea! The guy who told us that occupying Iraq would be... Read more...
FIRE CHARLES STIMSON February 2007Time for another Gooberhead Award [Beanie-Cap Breakdown], presented periodically to those in the news who have their tongues moving 100... Read more...
SUPPORT THE SEVERELY WOUNDED February 2007Two years ago, Pentagon chief Donnie Rumsfeld said, “I think we ought to put together a team to see that... Read more...
LITTLE GEORGE'S BIG MESS February 2007My momma told me when I was just a tyke, “You make a mess, you clean it up.” Apparently, George... Read more...
A MOUNTAINTOP REVELATION February 2007There is environmental degradation – and then there is environmental degradation that punches you right in the stomach. Mountaintop removal... Read more...
THE LOGO LOWDOWN January 2007I’ve often advocated a new clothing law for politicians, requiring them to sew the logos of their corporate sponsors all... Read more...
BUSH "PAYS BACK" EVANGELICALS January 2007Karl Rove is a master at using evangelical Christian leaders for his own political purposes. In the last presidential campaign,... Read more...
CEO CON JOBS January 2007If you worked for five years, did a lousy job, and got fired, what sort of going-away present do you... Read more...
POOR JOHN ROBERTS January 2007Now that Republican judges have taken over the Supreme Court, they are pushing the agenda item that is closest to... Read more...
STAND UP TO WAR PROFITEERS January 2007George W’s war in Iraq has not been good for the thousands of Americans killed and maimed there, nor for... Read more...
CHEATING ON OIL ROYALTIES January 2007What’s that roaring sound I hear? Why it’s a gusher – a multi-billion dollar blow-out in our public treasury caused... Read more...
SURGE January 2007I don’t know about you, but I’m with George W on this one: It’s time for surge! Yes, let’s surge... Read more...
WALL STREET GREEDHEADS MAKE A KILLING January 2007In December, when children all across the country were having dreams of sugarplums dancing in their heads, the barons of... Read more...
THE FACES OF WAR January 2007I hope you saw the New York Times on January first. More importantly, I hope that George W and every... Read more...
WHAT HATH GEORGE WROUGHT IN IRAQ? January 2007Behold, King George the W hath looked upon his work in Iraq, and it pleaseth him much. Just before Christmas,... Read more...
A LITTLE HELP FOR THEIR FRIENDS January 2007In December, in the frantic final hours of a “Do Nothing Congress ” the majority finally rose up to do... Read more...
