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Who should pay Mitch McConnell’s salary?

February 2016

Why should you and I have to keep paying Mitch McConnell’s salary? He’s the Senate Majority Leader, but he doesn’t... Read more...

Why would anyone celebrate the "joy" of war?

February 2016

War is hell. Unless, of course, you happen to be a global corporate peddler of rockets, drones, bombs, and all... Read more...

Why doesn’t Congress do what the people want and need?

February 2016

If you wonder why congress critters keep ignoring what the people want them to do – while doing things that... Read more...

How Big Pharma is trying to improve its image

February 2016

Big news, people! Especially for those of you upset by the skyrocketing prices of the essential prescription medicines you take... Read more...

Who’s really responsible for poisoning Flint’s water?

February 2016

By gollies, Congress wants answers! Who’s responsible for the shocking scandal of lead-poisoned drinking water in Flint, Michigan, the lawmakers... Read more...

Mitch McConnell's squirrelly effort to rewrite our Constitution

February 2016

Antonin Scalia is gone. The nastiest and noisiest of right wingers on the Supreme Court is dead. But he can’t... Read more...

How corporate bamboozlers intend to widen inequality in America

February 2016

The basic problem facing the corporate and political powers who want you and me to swallow their Trans-Pacific Partnership deal... Read more...

Should big corporations have to pay the taxes they owe?

February 2016

I would trust a pack of coyotes to guard my little herd of lambs before I’d trust a pack of... Read more...

Who is behind Obama's push for TPP?

February 2016

A recent article about Barack Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership opened with this sunny headline: “Trade Pact Would Lift US Incomes, Study... Read more...

America swallowed WTO's billion-dollar toad

February 2016

They say that if you get up in the morning and swallow a live toad, nothing worse will happen to... Read more...

Where inequality comes from

February 2016

Last spring, President Obama got downright crabby toward Sen. Elizabeth Warren and muckrakers like me. He was irked that we... Read more...

What do chickens and our constitutional rights have in common?

February 2016

Imagine the outcry by tea party Republicans if state legislators were passing laws banning the use of video cameras in... Read more...

The real stink in Flint, Michigan's water scandal

February 2016

The tap water in Flint, Michigan, is not the only thing that stinks and leaves a horrible taste in one’s... Read more...

How do you feel about subsidizing corporate crime?

February 2016

Headlines periodically blare that this regulator or that has imposed another jawdropping assessment on some gross polluter or other corporate... Read more...

Will Rick Snyder drown in the water he poisoned?

February 2016

Rick Snyder is butt deep in water woes. First, the right-wing Michigan governor did a belly flop into the deep... Read more...

Executive excess getting excessive

February 2016

Not only have corporate outrages become commonplace, but the level of the outrages have gone nuclear. Take Martin Shkreli –... Read more...

Everyday patriots

February 2016

The dictionary defines a patriot as, “One who loves his or her country and supports its authority and interests.” Supports... Read more...

Sanders' populist surge

February 2016

Not only have crowds been streaming into arenas all around the country to hear Bernie Sanders’ fact-studded speeches, but ordinary... Read more...

Why government can't be run like a business

February 2016

The mantra of every Koch-headed, right-wing politico is that “government should be run like a business.” Welcome to Flint, Michigan.... Read more...

What really poisoned Flint, Michigan’s water

February 2016

One big difference between the rich and the poor in our country is that the rich don’t tend to have... Read more...

Something is happening

February 2016

When I crossed paths with a Democratic campaign consultant in Austin last March, I suggested he come to the local... Read more...

How Budweiser locks out free enterprise competitors

January 2016

The word “free” in “free enterprise” is not an adjective, it’s a verb – as in, let’s “free up” the... Read more...

Ultra-big houses for ultra-big egos

January 2016

The uber-rich like to collect trophies as proof of their unsurpassed uberness. These are not like the tacky brass trophy... Read more...

Let's adopt the GOP's national platform

January 2016

Well, I didn’t expect this! The National Republican Party has published an official policy document showing that the GOP really... Read more...

Hijacking High Speed Rail hurts Americas future

January 2016

People like trains. Whether taking a long trip or making the daily commute, riding the rails, without the hassles of... Read more...