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WHO SAYS AMERICA DOESN'T NEED UNIONS?

September 2015

In their ongoing, all-out assault to crush labor unions, corporate forces have fabricated a cultural myth to undermine popular support... Read more...

Let's adopt the GOP's national platform

September 2015

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

Scott Walker cuts higher-ed budget to fund corporate welfare

September 2015

Meet Scott Walker, corporate whore. The Wisconsin governor says he should be America’s president because he’s a proven budget whacker... Read more...

Why build a National Monument to a union-busting robber baron?

September 2015

Occasionally, I see something that is so bizarre, so out of place, so wrong that I have to assume I’m... Read more...

Trump is a buffoon, but what do we call his copycat rivals?

September 2015

Donnie Trump is said to be the biggest thing in American politics these days. Of course, that’s mostly being said... Read more...

Thank you, taxpayers, for financing a monument to greed

August 2015

“History,” as the old adage goes, “is written by the winners.” Even though many “winners” are losers as human beings.... Read more...

Coca-Cola to obese people: Hey, exercise more!

August 2015

Good news about obesity: A new scientific organization is coming to grips with this bulging national problem. Called the Global... Read more...

How to lift up America's middle class

August 2015

Some days, I get a bad case of “trichotillomania” – an irresistible compulsion to tear out ny hair. My latest... Read more...

How pathetic are John Boehner and his GOP House majority

August 2015

In advice to baseball rookies, Hall of Fame star Ted Williams said: “If you don’t think too good, don’t think... Read more...

CEOs call for wage increases for workers! What's the catch?

August 2015

Peter Georgescu has a message he wants America’s corporate and political elites to hear: “I’m scared,” he said in a... Read more...

Government of, by, and for Big Money

August 2015

Your standard governor, congress critter, and other elected officials routinely insist that they represent “The People.” But when it Comes... Read more...

Hotel giants trying to peddle plastic "authenticity"

August 2015

As everyone who travels a lot soon learns, when you stay in the hotels of the big chains, it’s easy... Read more...

ISDS: A corporate cluster bomb to obliterate our people's sovereignty

August 2015

The Powers That Be are very unhappy with you and me. They’re also unhappy with senators like Elizabeth Warren, activist... Read more...

Peeking behind Walmart's promise to invest in American jobs

August 2015

Great news: Walmart is investing in American jobs! It says so right here in a colorful, full-page ad showing a... Read more...

Doug Hughes: Protecting Democracy from Plutocrats

August 2015

The price of liberty is said to be eternal vigilance. But just being watchful rarely does anything to stop the... Read more...

You, too, can be part of Scott Walker's inner circle

August 2015

If you think that none of today’s presidential candidates care about people like you, check out Republican Scott Walker. The... Read more...

Phil Gramm campaigns against bigotry and exploitation of workers

August 2015

Phil Gramm, the former right-wing senator from Texas, has surprised me. I had assumed he had zero charitable instincts, for... Read more...

Big political donors buying elections… and public policies

August 2015

Who does David Keating think he’s fooling? He heads an obscure, corporate-funded group pushing to wipe out the few remaining... Read more...

Superrich donors turn our democracy into their plutocracy

August 2015

The problem with the GOP presidential debates is that the wrong people are on stage. Sure, Bush, Cruz, Walker, and... Read more...

It's time to free students from higher-ed debt

August 2015

In the 1960s, I attended the University of North Texas, a public school blessed with good teachers and an educational... Read more...

"Non-candidate" campaigns dominate 2016 presidential race

August 2015

Once upon a time in our Good Ol’ USofA, presidential contenders and their political parties raised the funds needed to... Read more...

Little Caesars' bacon bomb

August 2015

Let me say one word to you: Bacon. Not only is it delicious, it’s practically irresistible – I even know... Read more...

Banksters: A Story of crime and punishment

August 2015

Big story from that razzle-dazzle place called “El Casino Grande” – otherwise known as Wall Street. Four massive financial conglomerates –JPMorgan... Read more...

Corporate crime supported by a whirligig of legal favoritism

August 2015

This is odd: America’s laws to deter corporate crime actually force victims to help subsidize the criminals. Follow the bouncing... Read more...

Hello Congress: Meet your poverty-wage food servers

August 2015

Back in 2008, Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein declared: “There are parts of government that can be run like a business... Read more...