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The corporate hustle of college bowl games

January 2015

Are you bowled over yet? With college bowl games, I mean. Through January 12, a record 39 football “classics” will... Read more...

America's ongoing rebellion for fairness and justice

January 2015

The corporate Powers That Be keep thinking we’ll stay hitched to their plow no matter how severely they lash us... Read more...

A curse, a blessing, and a good food movement

January 2015

In 1972, I was part of a nationwide campaign that came close to getting the US Senate to reject Earl... Read more...

Synthetic food: Our future doesn't taste good

December 2014

Armed with hefty grants from the Pentagon, squads of corporate and governmental food technologists are on a mission to supplant... Read more...

Time for a trust-busting beer bust

December 2014

Okay, that’s it – no more Mr. Nice Guy from me. The avarice of corporate power has now turned personal.... Read more...

Pity the poor stressed-out rich

December 2014

Here’s a random thought that might not have occurred to you: It’s not easy being rich. Well, yes, there are... Read more...

Why "Babe" was my boyhood sports hero

December 2014

I recently addressed a rather odd topic for an audience of political progressives: “Who was your sports hero growing up?... Read more...

DADDY'S PHILOSOPHY

December 2014

This special day got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of... Read more...

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

December 2014

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

The continuing shame of the CIA's torture program

December 2014

For a clue into how out-of-control, un-American, and just plain wrong our CIA’s torture program was, note the frantic and... Read more...

Wall Street And Congress perform legislative acrobatics

December 2014

Congress, which has been so tied up in a partisan knot by right-wing extremists that it has been unable to... Read more...

Big Beer deceivers and bullies

December 2014

It’s bad enough that the goliaths of Big Beer are consuming each other in a new round of mega-mergers, meaning... Read more...

Let workers vote on CEO's pay

December 2014

One difference between top executives and worker bees, is that those at the top can lower the pay of those... Read more...

A corporate power grab is underway, so where's the media?

December 2014

If you need a good, doable New Year’s resolution, try this: “I resolve to do my part this year to... Read more...

State legislatures are helping rich lenders rip-off the poor

December 2014

Loan sharks and their lobbyists really know how to put the “ick” in eth-icks. Though they’ve tried to buff-up their... Read more...

Why won't the CIA even say the word "torture"?

December 2014

The spooks are spooked. Not by anything that foreign enemies might do to America – but by what our CIA... Read more...

The explosive greed of Americas 0.01-percenters

December 2014

In this season of mass commercialism, let’s pause to consider the plight of simple millionaires. Astonishingly, they’re being abandoned by... Read more...

The pain of inequality among yacht buyers

December 2014

In the spirit of holiday harmony and good will toward all, I say it’s time for you working stiffs (and... Read more...

The endless farce of the GOPs Benghazi joyride

December 2014

It got messy in a hurry when a bunch of cocksure right-wing joyriders began screeching recklessly around a dicey political... Read more...

Chris Christie's pig problem

December 2014

As the weather turns colder in this month of Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, and the Winter Solstice, our hearts grow warmer... Read more...

The Benghazi investigation – a zombie that won't die

December 2014

Like a dog chewing a bone down to nothing, congressional right-wingers have been gnawing on the so-called “scandal” of Benghazi... Read more...

Trying to teach ethics to congress critters

December 2014

Do you – or anyone – really need a book of rules and a three-hour briefing on ethics in order... Read more...

Mitch's minimum-wage glitch

December 2014

Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wanted to share his long-repressed feelings about a traumatic event. “It was,” Mitch confided, grim-faced,... Read more...

GOP doubles down on fear & loathing of Latino immigrants

December 2014

Gosh, has it been two whole years since Republican leaders vowed to reach out to Latino voters with “a more... Read more...

Militarists mire America deeper in Afghan war

December 2014

Only a few months ago President Obama announced the good news that our combat role in Afghanistan – the longest... Read more...