What hit the Republican party on election day was… well, the Republican Party. Blow number one, of course, was from... Read more...
America exists today as a bizarre anomaly – we profess to be an electoral democracy, yet we are ruled by... Read more...
Every election day, we’re told “Go Vote!” Your vote is sacred they tell us, it’s your Constitutional right. Well… yes... Read more...
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...
How about Ron DeSantis? The Florida governor is the new darling of the right-wing media, funders, and other establishment powers... Read more...
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...
In the 1990s, renowned Texas progressive writer Molly Ivins regaled (and appalled) readers with her reports on the tragicomic awfulness... Read more...
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. Well, technically it still appears, but it has no life, no news, and barely a pulse. It’s... Read more...
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...
Today, CEOs of big corporations are playing the tricky “Inflation Blame Game!” Publicly, they moan that the pandemic is slamming... Read more...
Last year’s gubernatorial race in Virginia was narrowly won by Republican Glenn Youngkin. An elite Wall Street multimillionaire, he was... Read more...
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...
Let me say one word to you: Nuts. Now, let me say one name to you: Ted Cruz. They’ve become... Read more...
Question: What does a packet of M&M’s and your local veterinarian have in common? Answer: Both are owned by Mars... Read more...
For many people, the animals they adopt and love become more like family members than pets. We have deep relationships,... Read more...
What makes a newspaper great? Many say it’s having street-savvy reporters and editors with the integrity to shine the light... Read more...
For generations, workers have been punished by corporate bosses for watching the clock. But now, the corporate clock is watching... Read more...
In the world of work, what two occupations might seem to have the very least in common? How about long-haul... Read more...
For more than a year, America’s corporate chieftains have been moaning about “The Great Resignation” – the recent phenomena of... Read more...
Corporate acolytes and right-wing moralists constantly preach to laboring stiffs about the uplifting dignity of work. Of course, that’s “dignity”... Read more...
Here’s a hot topic for Labor Day: Heat. It’s been a hell of a hot summer, exploding the top off... Read more...
Let’s all gather ‘round the campfire, Buckaroos and let Ol’ Cactus Jim here tell you about some of today’s hardy,... Read more...
The “old homeplace” is a classic theme of Americana, expressed in everything from Norman Rockwell paintings to Woody Guthrie’s powerful... Read more...
Sen. Joe Manchin – a one-man political steamroller in Washington – is a Democrat. Except when he’s not, which is... Read more...