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UT IS NUMBER ONE!

June 2006

Hey, ours is bigger than yours! Here in Austin, we were thrilled to learn recently that the University of Texas... Read more...

HIGH-FLYING CEOs

June 2006

They say it’s lonely at the top, but one thing is for sure: The seats are much cushier up there.... Read more...

BAD MEDICINE FOR NURSES

June 2006

While senators loudly brag that they’re building a big wall on the Mexican border to keep out immigrants – they’ve... Read more...

BUSH'S MOMMY LAWYERS

June 2006

Back in my schooldays, there were a couple of kids who always seemed able to get a note from their... Read more...

THE GOP'S XENOPHOBIC GOOFINESS

June 2006

Did you see that picture of George W riding around in circles in a decked-out red-white-and-blue dune buggy down on... Read more...

THE RUBY RED COCKTAIL

June 2006

Time to take another peek [Lifestyle Theme] into the “Lifestyles of the Rich … and Cranky.” Most of us rubes... Read more...

LONG-DISTANCE BURGER ORDERS

June 2006

Okay, corporate America is shipping our manufacturing, high-tech, and professional-service jobs off to Lowwagehellistan – but at least they can’t... Read more...

AN APPEAL TO EVANGELICAL VOTERS

June 2006

It’s time for our friends in so many of the evangelical churches that have been politicized and Republicanized to face... Read more...

A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR "THE PEOPLE"

May 2006

When the GOP’s senate leader, Bill Frist, recently proposed that Uncle Sam send $100 to every American family as a... Read more...

BUSH'S IRS GOES AFTER POOR FOLKS

May 2006

You’ve gotta love the consistency of the Bushites. When they ram through their multibillion-dollar tax giveaways, it’s the superrich and... Read more...

KEEPING WATCH ON YOU

May 2006

In his 2002 state-of-the-union speech, George W issued a clarion call for Americans to join in a newly-created program he... Read more...

HEALTH CARE MORALITY

May 2006

Contrary to the “contrived wisdom” of the Powers That Be, providing health care for everyone is not an economic or... Read more...

RICK "THE SLICK' SANTORUM

May 2006

If cynicism, hypocrisy, and crude deceit ever go to $50 a barrel, try to get the drilling rights to Rick... Read more...

REMEMBER AFGHANISTAN

May 2006

Gosh, George W has kept us all so busy trying to deal with his disastrous Iraq war and with his... Read more...

THE UNGODLY PENSIONS OF CEOs

May 2006

Corporate America is fast implementing a two-tiered retirement system: a platinum-level plan for the top executives – and a dirt... Read more...

PITY FOR CEOs

May 2006

Friends, I’m appealing today to your most charitable instincts. I want you to know about the terrible oppression being suffered... Read more...

BUSH BLOWS WITH THE WIND

May 2006

BushWorld seems to be a topsy-turvy place in which right and wrong can switch places overnight and principles are as... Read more...

SCRATCHING THE BACKS OF CORPORATE BACKERS

May 2006

When corporations give money to the lawmakers who do legislative favors for them, some hotheads are quick to label such... Read more...

SAVE THE BILLIONAIRES!

May 2006

If you were in charge and you wanted to give a helping hand to some deserving people in our society,... Read more...

THE GRANNY PEACE BRIGADE

May 2006

The grannies are free! If you ever doubted that personal activism can be effective, inspirational – and fun! – check... Read more...

"THE K-STREET PROJECT"

May 2006

Thanks to Grover Norquist, the Republican lobbyist and right-wing anti-government guru, the world has just gotten weirder. Along with Newt... Read more...

AXING OUR NATIONAL PARKS

May 2006

America’s network of national parks is a natural resource so beloved by the public that even George W has posed... Read more...

A GUSHER FROM EXXON MOBIL

May 2006

Did you make $144,00 last year? Only two percent of Americans are paid that amount of money for a year’s... Read more...

PREACHING DEMOCRACY

May 2006

George W is good at preaching democracy around the world – its the practice of democracy here in the homeland... Read more...

THE REAL MOTHER'S DAY

May 2006

Mother’s Day is a time when all moms should get breakfast in bed and some flowers, right? Sure – then... Read more...