DEMOCRATS WOBBLE ON ETHICS REFORM December 2006First, the good news: in response to voter disgust with the corrupt, money-soaked ties between lobbyists and lawmakers, speaker-to-be Nancy... Read more...
THE INVADERS FROM AFAR December 2006Like something from a 1950s horror movie [eerie music], they came from afar, wriggling into our waterways, endangering our very... Read more...
MASS KILLERS STRIKE AGAIN December 2006If terrorists and drug pushers had lobbyists and made campaign contributions, Washington probably would coddle them. For an example of... Read more...
A CITIZEN CHALLENGES THE IMPERIOUS REGIME December 2006Let’s hear it for Steven Howards – who is refusing to be bullied by the imperious Bush-Cheney regime. Howards, 54,... Read more...
SHUTTING THE DOORS TO SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE December 2006Once again, libraries are under attack. At the behest of the chemical boys, oil giants, and other polluters, George W’s... Read more...
PRISSY POLITICOS December 2006We know what average Americans think of politicians – but what do politicians think of us, the hoi poloi? One... Read more...
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS December 2006We’re Americans, so we like to be Number One, right? Not only do we like to be – we expect... Read more...
THE MEDIA PUSH BEHIND WAL-MART'S SCAM November 2006Wow, did you see the great consumer news that the media recently spread all across the country? “Wal-Mart to sell... Read more...
THE DRUG-PRICE PUDDING November 2006One of the key kitchen-table issues that was raised very successfully by many of the newly-elected, populist-minded Democrats this year... Read more...
REBELS IN THE NEWSROOMS November 2006Voltaire said, “It’s dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.” Dean Baquet and Jeffrey... Read more...
POLITICAL NASTINESS, 2006 November 2006Be careful… it’s nasty out there. This year’s record of $2 billion spent on political ads brought a fetid stream... Read more...
THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR GREED November 2006What a scream John Tierney is! I howled with laughter when I read this New York Times columnist’s recent comic... Read more...
LET THEM EAT NANOPARTICLES November 2006Thanksgiving Day is here – a day to gather with our families, rejoice in the bounty of God’s green earth,... Read more...
SENSIBLE PRIORITIES November 2006Hey, how about indulging yourself with a hot new Maserati? Yeah, it’s got a sticker price that’ll make you go... Read more...
HOW GLAMOROUS IS CHILD LABOR? November 2006Darlings! You’ll be ever so pleased to learn that a new, high-fashion super store has opened in America. It’s called... Read more...
RESPONDING TO LABOR November 2006At last, the national government is responding to the widening income gap and the severe economic side effects of greed-fueled... Read more...
A SWEET FIX November 2006Krispy Kreme’s plump, sugar-sweet doughnuts were hotter than frying oil just a few years ago. Ga-ga celebrities lined up to... Read more...
NEIL BUSH MILKS COWS November 2006George W’s “No Child Left Behind” program is being perverted into “No Bush Left Behind.” You might recall brother Neil... Read more...
THE "BURDEN" ON CORPORATE CROOKS November 2006Sure enough, George W really is a compassionate conservative! For the past several months, the Bushites have been working behind... Read more...
SOFTENING THE WORDS OF WAR November 2006Putting a fabric softener in your wash is one thing, but America’s media establishment appears to be running some of... Read more...
A TRIP INSIDE BUSH'S HEAD November 2006Like Alice’s trip into Wonderland, let’s go inside George W’s head for a moment. Being Bush must be a wonderful... Read more...
EXPORTING PATIENTS November 2006Good grief. Just when you think that globalization can’t get anymore ludicrous, and that America’s health care policies can’t get... Read more...
THE BUSH BOOM November 2006What a hoot it was to watch the Repubs squabbling with each other over what issue should be their focus... Read more...
OUR CLUELESS WAR LEADERS November 2006The most basic rule of war is this: know your enemy. A major reason that Bush’s Iraq war is such... Read more...
A VOTE ON BUSH'S WAR November 2006George W says he wants you to go into the voting booth today thinking about his Iraq war. So do... Read more...
