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Message to TPP elites: Secret government is Un-American

April 2015

So, someone hands you a beer, but instead of it being a recognizable brand, it’s in a totally blacked-out can... Read more...

The secret corporate congress inside the US Congress

April 2015

My dictionary defines a “staff” as a walking stick, used either for balance – or as a weapon. So how... Read more...

Corporate weasels trying to escape paying for workers injuries

April 2015

When you come across a corporate lobbying group claiming to be pushing “Responsible Alternatives to Such-and-Such,” you can rightly assume... Read more...

The fountain-pen economy

April 2015

Even the word “greed” is not negative enough to characterize the all-out assault on workers by today’s corporate elite. From... Read more...

Scurrilous corporate thieves are stealing workers' comp

April 2015

They say there’s honor among thieves, but I say: That depends on the thieves. Your common street thief, yes –... Read more...

Oil refinery workers on strike over explosive issue

April 2015

It doesn’t take highly-advanced knowledge and skills to work at one of these quick-fix automobile maintenance chains that specialize in... Read more...

Help oust the Koch's junk science from our public science museums

April 2015

We’ve all seen those touchie-feelie TV ads with baby deer, butterflies, and sylvan streams – claiming that Amalgamated Contamination Inc.... Read more...

Using hokey numbers and neon lies to sell TPP

April 2015

Come one, come all! Step right up and buy your ticket for a ride on the splendiferous, phantasmagoric, supersonic, miraculous,... Read more...

Wall Street upset by lack of deference from senators

April 2015

Wall Street arrogance seems to be accelerating even faster than our infinite cosmos is expanding. It’s not enough that the... Read more...

Democrats, too, are dancing to the rich man's tune

April 2015

It’s futile to hope that the GOP’s gaggle of corporate-hugging, right-wing presidential candidates will seriously address the issue of rising... Read more...

2016 presidential candidates address inequality (sort of)

April 2015

At last, America’s political leaders indicate that they now feel the pain of the poor and of the millions of... Read more...

Meet a genuine philanthropist

April 2015

When you get fed up with all the greed and narcissism that seems to rule our country, a good way... Read more...

Imagine him being president

April 2015

Ted’s recent announcement of his presidential candidacy was a real Cruz-a-palooza! It was part Ronald Reagan, part Elmer Gantry, part... Read more...

Turning human misery into corporate profits

April 2015

Good news, people: The “boom” is back! Good times are here again, thanks to an economic boom generated by (of... Read more...

Chuck Schumer upchucks at sight of TPP

March 2015

Sen. Chuck Schumer, leader of the corporate wing of congressional Democrats, never met a global trade deal too ugly to... Read more...

Cruz is running for President of What?

March 2015

And away we go – off on another crazy cruze with Ted! Cinch up your seatbelts, for Sen. Ted Cruz... Read more...

An exciting democracy movement arises in Chicago

March 2015

Chicago! City of broad shoulders. Plutocratic hog butcher. Tool maker for progressive change. Stacker of the wheat of grassroots power,... Read more...

Why are we taxpayers subsidizing corporate crime?

March 2015

“Do the crime, do the time,” goes the old saying. Unless of course, the criminals are corporate executives. In those... Read more...

The KBParty of plutocratic rule

March 2015

Shouldn’t America have at least one major party that isn’t beholden to the corporate elite? Well look here – just... Read more...

The secret coalition pushing the secretive TPP scam

March 2015

Alright boys and girls, gather ’round me, and I’ll tell you the story of the “Investor State Dispute Resolution” clause.... Read more...

Obama resorts to government by sucker punch

March 2015

Ed, please call home! Edward Snowden, that is: Come quickly, your country needs you. Once again, the American people are... Read more...

Little Caesars' bacon bomb

March 2015

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

Big Food trying a big hoax

March 2015

Near my home in Austin, Texas, there’s an old refurbished motel with a keep-it-real attitude that is expressed right on... Read more...

An immigration loophole for rich foreigners

March 2015

I often wonder about those immigrants who scramble so desperately into the US from across our southern border, enduring killer... Read more...

Corporate coup d'etat

March 2015

Look out America – here comes the Trans Pacific Partnership! Dubbed “a corporate coup d’etat” by Public Citizen’s Global Trade... Read more...