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Lessons from the Midterm Elections

November 2022

What hit the Republican party on election day was… well, the Republican Party. Blow number one, of course, was from... Read more...

How Money is Suffocating American Democracy

November 2022

America exists today as a bizarre anomaly – we profess to be an electoral democracy, yet we are ruled by... Read more...

You Have a Constitutional Right to Vote. Right?

November 2022

Every election day, we’re told “Go Vote!” Your vote is sacred they tell us, it’s your Constitutional right. Well… yes... Read more...

Shhh, The Governor Is Listening

November 2022

Although we haven’t even gotten through this year’s midterm congressional elections, it’s still not too early to start examining some... Read more...

The Sunshine State’s Dark Bully

November 2022

How about Ron DeSantis? The Florida governor is the new darling of the right-wing media, funders, and other establishment powers... Read more...

Beware: The GOP Has Chosen to Embrace The Crazy

October 2022

Perhaps you remember Sen. Barry Goldwater, the GOP’s fringy, far-right-wing 1964 presidential nominee who famously said, “Extremism in the defense... Read more...

How Badly Do You Want A Really Bad President?

October 2022

In the 1990s, renowned Texas progressive writer Molly Ivins regaled (and appalled) readers with her reports on the tragicomic awfulness... Read more...

The Selfish Depravity of Hedge Fund “Journalism”

October 2022

Throughout the country, newspaper subscribers are asking questions like: Hey, who took my Saturday paper? What happened to those political... Read more...

My Newspaper Died

October 2022

My newspaper died. Well, technically it still appears, but it has no life, no news, and barely a pulse. It’s... Read more...

We’re Stuck on a Monopoly Merry-Go-Round

October 2022

The problem with our so-called “free market” is that it’s not free for you and me. It’s largely controlled by... Read more...

The Inflation Blame Game

October 2022

Today, CEOs of big corporations are playing the tricky “Inflation Blame Game!” Publicly, they moan that the pandemic is slamming... Read more...

The Virginia Model

October 2022

Last year’s gubernatorial race in Virginia was narrowly won by Republican Glenn Youngkin. An elite Wall Street multimillionaire, he was... Read more...

Jeff Bezos Goes to Sea

September 2022

It’s been an all-time record year of runaway wealth for America’s billionaires, with this tiny clique vastly widening the chasm... Read more...

ASSORTED NUTS

September 2022

Let me say one word to you: Nuts. Now, let me say one name to you: Ted Cruz. They’ve become... Read more...

Why Would We Let Wall Street “Care For” Our Pets?

September 2022

Question: What does a packet of M&M’s and your local veterinarian have in common? Answer: Both are owned by Mars... Read more...

The Corporatization of Pet Care: Animal Cruelty?

September 2022

For many people, the animals they adopt and love become more like family members than pets. We have deep relationships,... Read more...

The Embarrassment of Modern Corporate Managers

September 2022

What makes a newspaper great? Many say it’s having street-savvy reporters and editors with the integrity to shine the light... Read more...

Welcome To Our Future of “Digital Productivity Monitoring”

September 2022

For generations, workers have been punished by corporate bosses for watching the clock. But now, the corporate clock is watching... Read more...

What Do Truckers and Librarians Have In Common?

September 2022

In the world of work, what two occupations might seem to have the very least in common? How about long-haul... Read more...

Clueless CEOs Confused By Workers Quitting

September 2022

For more than a year, America’s corporate chieftains have been moaning about “The Great Resignation” – the recent phenomena of... Read more...

Where’s the “Dignity of Work” When Work Kills Workers?

September 2022

Corporate acolytes and right-wing moralists constantly preach to laboring stiffs about the uplifting dignity of work. Of course, that’s “dignity”... Read more...

Work, Sweat, Die: The Price of Really Hot Jobs

August 2022

Here’s a hot topic for Labor Day: Heat. It’s been a hell of a hot summer, exploding the top off... Read more...

Billionaires Playing Cowboys… At Our Expense

August 2022

Let’s all gather ‘round the campfire, Buckaroos and let Ol’ Cactus Jim here tell you about some of today’s hardy,... Read more...

A Tear-Jerker About the Housing Saga of Some Rich Jerks

August 2022

The “old homeplace” is a classic theme of Americana, expressed in everything from Norman Rockwell paintings to Woody Guthrie’s powerful... Read more...

Bringing Democracy to the Democratic Party

August 2022

Sen. Joe Manchin – a one-man political steamroller in Washington – is a Democrat. Except when he’s not, which is... Read more...