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Merry Christmas, right-wingers, The Red Pope, and Jesus

December 2015

Here’s a twist on Christmas that would make Jesus weep. First, a right-wing faction in the US has been wringing... Read more...

Big food's big fat obesity hokum

December 2015

Hey, kids – you don’t want to be a fatso, but that doesn’t mean you have to cut back on... Read more...

Does Obama even know what's in his TPP deal?

December 2015

Last spring, President Obama got downright crabby about people criticizing the gleaming Trans-Pacific Partnership he’s trying to sell to Congress... Read more...

Should America swallow WTO's billion-dollar toad?

December 2015

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

Epitaph for a greedy, malevolent industrialist

December 2015

Unlike the CEOs of most giant corporations, Don Blankenship’s outward appearance actually reveals what’s inside: An arrogant, conniving, cutthroat industrial... Read more...

The sleaze, guilt, and punishment of Don Blankenship

December 2015

Don Blankenship didn’t get what he deserves in his federal trial, but he definitely deserves what he got. “Guilty,” declared... Read more...

Can craft beer drinkers defeat the beer monopolists?

December 2015

Everybody in BeerWorld, listen up: This Bud’s for you! Or so we’re told by the excitable executives of Anheuser-Busch InBev.... Read more...

Coca-Cola's corrosive corporate ethos

December 2015

If your car’s battery terminals are corroded, just open a can of Coca-Cola. Coke will dissolve corrosion, making your battery... Read more...

Guess who's pushing for prison reform?

December 2015

“Too many people are behind bars that don’t belong there,” declared a group demanding major reforms to America’s throw-’em-all-in-jail, mass... Read more...

Why has nefarious corporate behavior become so commonplace?

December 2015

As a raker of muck, it’s my job to root out the nefarious doings and innate immorality of the corporate... Read more...

Rafael and Ted Cruz: Like father, like son

December 2015

Memo to future presidential candidates from Ted Cruz: (1) If you’re going to issue an autobiography to promote your campaign;... Read more...

Building monopolies, one merger after another

December 2015

There’s a new surge in the corporate urge to merge. Not long ago, monopolies, duopolies, and oligopolies were not only... Read more...

How Budweiser locks out free enterprise competitors

December 2015

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

Another corrupt for-profit college exposed

December 2015

The nation’s for-profit, private college industry is a study in horribles. Start with the fact that it actually calls itself... Read more...

The real story of Ted Cruz's "heroic" daddy

December 2015

Ready or not, it’s time to go Cruzing again! I realize that it can be frightening to travel through the... Read more...

Avoid Amazon's "Cyber Monday," and buy local

November 2015

It’s “Cyber Monday” – get out there and buy stuff! But you don’t actually have to go anywhere, for this... Read more...

America's good food movement

November 2015

What better day than Thanksgiving to celebrate our country’s food rebels! I’m talking about the growing movement of small farmers,... Read more...

Where did Thanksgiving come from?

November 2015

Thanksgiving – let’s eat! America’s most food-focused holiday traces its roots back to the abundant feast that Pilgrims and Indians... Read more...

Watering America’s food factories

November 2015

Water scarcity is getting scary, and banning long showers is not even a drop in the solution bucket. The biggest... Read more...

How desperate is Obama to pass his TPP scam?

November 2015

Whenever a President gets a bipartisan cluster of political establishmentarians to stand with him at a press conference in a... Read more...

What honeybees, humans, and art have in common

November 2015

Question of the day: How many honeybees are in a bee hive? Answer: 50,000 – but who’s counting? Matt Willey,... Read more...

Black Friday is spoiling Thanksgiving

November 2015

Here comes Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas! It’s a month-long season of friends, family, and spiritual reflection. Good lord, shout the... Read more...

How hedge fund billionaires literally "check" the people's will

November 2015

Donnie Trump is for it, Barack Obama is too, as are Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. “It” is the idea... Read more...

Why not televise the widening wealth gap?

November 2015

The debilitating spread of inequality between the superrich 1-percenters and America’s downwardly mobile majority is of huge economic, political, and... Read more...

Hijacking High Speed Rail hurts Americas future

November 2015

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