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The isolated splendor of the superrich

March 2015

Rich people tend to live behind high walls with guarded gates. Then there are the über-rich. They don’t need walls... Read more...

Congress plays take-and-give with corporate lobbyists

March 2015

Rep. Steve Scalise might not be for sale, but he is available for long-term lease. Assuming, of course, that you’re... Read more...

US General salutes a military “hero”

March 2015

Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of staff, has a particular military hero he wants to honor.... Read more...

A Supreme political fraud to gut Obamacare

March 2015

While we know that an anti-government group funded by plutocratic corporate powers is behind the lawsuit intended to terminate Obamacare... Read more...

An upstart People's campaign is upsetting Chicago's mayor

March 2015

If you’re in a big political race, you know you’re doing poorly when your campaign resorts to warning local voters... Read more...

The GOP gang of Supremes go after Obamacare

March 2015

Look out, the Supreme Court’s black-robed gang of far-right ideologues are rampaging again! The Supreme clan is firing potshots at... Read more...

Defending the Alamo – from a UN takeover

March 2015

Good news from the front… The defenders of the Alamo are standing strong, bravely battling the forces of tyranny! Wait…... Read more...

GOP lets corporate lobbyists take over Congress

March 2015

Being a congress critter is not as cushy a job as many assume. After all, they have to write legislation,... Read more...

Billionaires-without-a-clue want to "fix" Washington

March 2015

If you think the Koch Klub of Plutocratic Billionaires couldn’t get any more self-centered and whiney – meet Doug and... Read more...

Using hokey numbers and neon lies to sell TPP

March 2015

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

The secret corporate congress inside the US Congress

March 2015

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

The pastoral Pope

February 2015

Old songs occasionally need to be refreshed with updated verses – such as this: “Old McPope had a farm /E-I-E-I-O/... Read more...

Debt buyers bury hard-hit consumers in lies

February 2015

Whenever a corporation issues a statement declaring that it is committed to “treating consumers fairly and with respect,” chances are... Read more...

Corporate crime supported by a whirligig of legal favoritism

February 2015

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

The House of health-care nincompoops

February 2015

The GOP led House of Representatives has proudly achieved a historic legislative record. A record in futility, that is. Also... Read more...

Turning human misery into corporate profits

February 2015

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

Meet a genuine philanthropist

February 2015

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

Reclaim Chicago challenges "Mayor 1-Percent"

February 2015

The people of Chicago are presently grappling with a big question that nearly every urban place faces: Can anyone really... Read more...

Why are we taxpayers subsidizing corporate crime?

February 2015

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

An exciting democracy movement arises in Chicago

February 2015

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

The KBParty of plutocratic rule

February 2015

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

They're back, stumbling toward the White House

February 2015

Ready or not, the race is on! For president, I mean. Yes, Election Day is still a couple of years... Read more...

Aetna lifts the national standard for "competitive wages"

February 2015

Business schools preach a strict, anti-social doctrine of corporate management that comes down to this: CEOs must be idiots. By... Read more...

Welcome to what the Supreme Court wrought

February 2015

After the Supreme Court’s democracy-mugging decree that corporations can dump unlimited amounts of their shareholders’ money into our election campaigns,... Read more...

Amazing – an insurance executive who makes sense!

February 2015

Here’s something I never expected to see: The CEO of an insurance giant who has an actual heart, some common... Read more...