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Whip Inflation Now!

March 2022

Republican politicos are all over Joe Biden for failing to stop inflation. Perhaps you wonder, though, what these squawkers would... Read more...

A Phoenix is Rising

March 2022

Our local newspapers are being merged, purged, shrunk, shut down, and looted by Wall Street profiteers – yet there’s good... Read more...

The Oracle Speaks

March 2022

Mega-investor Warren Buffett once held a big portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers, and he specialized in squeezing out competitors... Read more...

A wealth tax for American progress

February 2022

The rich are different from you and me. For one thing, they’re rich. Among the super-rich, though, there tends to... Read more...

Who was Smedley Darlington Butler, and why is he important?

February 2022

Many Americans can’t believe that political coups are part of our country’s history – but consider from the Wall Street... Read more...

Should We Trust Corporations to Save Our Democracy? Ha! Just kidding.

February 2022

Corporate CEOs are mostly sedentary, well-heeled money people who would hardly be considered athletic. Yet, every now and then a... Read more...

Corporate Sponsors Win Olympic Gold in “Downhill Ethical Backflip”

February 2022

In this year’s Beijing Olympics, the top team performance has been Corporate America’s breathtaking “Double-twist Ethical Backflip.” This group of... Read more...

How social distancing can bring us together

February 2022

Suddenly, “social distancing” is our new national etiquette, abruptly supplanting handshakes, hugs, gatherings, and other forms of ingrained communal behavior... Read more...

The deadly economic disease behind COVID-19

February 2022

In this horrible time of economic collapse, it is truly touching to see so many corporate chieftains reaching out in... Read more...

Should Democrats be the party of small change?

February 2022

We might expect that corporate billionaires and Koch-funded Republican right-wingers would be howl-at-the-moon opponents of a wealth tax, Medicare-for-All, and... Read more...

How to get Congress to reform our broken healthcare system

February 2022

For $3.5 Trillion a year, shouldn’t we Americans have a world-class healthcare system? Yet, while we spend the most of... Read more...

What’s the charitable thing to do about inequality?

January 2022

Our society has coined expressions like “philanthropist” to encourage and hail people’s charitable spirit. Look on the flip side of... Read more...

The chicken sh*t lobby for corporate health care

January 2022

As Lyndon Johnson used to say about special interests trying to get his support to pass some blatantly self-serving legislation:... Read more...

Alert: Kartoonus Americanus Is Going Extinct!

January 2022

Right before our eyes, an invaluable American species is fast disappearing from view. Kar-toon-us A-mer-i-kan-as. These are the newspaper cartoonists... Read more...

Save the Whales! Save Polar Bears! Save Political Cartoonists!

January 2022

I never dreamed of growing up to be a political activist/ commentator, but here I am, and it’s worked out... Read more...

Jeff Bezos Reveals His Desiccated Soul

January 2022

The morning after December’s horrific nighttime tornado smashed a huge Amazon warehouse in Illinois, killing six workers, corporate CEO Jeff... Read more...

How Corporate Greed is Causing Tornado Deaths

January 2022

Corporate America has proudly elevated good moral values to a special place. That place is the trash can. Indeed, free... Read more...

What if antibiotics no longer work?

January 2022

Can antibiotic medicines, long hailed as miracle drugs, be too much of a good thing? Yes. Two factors are at... Read more...

A curse, a blessing, and a good food movement

January 2022

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

Daddy’s Philosophy

December 2021

This holiday season 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 2021

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 Problem With Plastic… Is Plastic

December 2021

In a world that’s clogged and choking with a massive overdose of plastic trash, you’ll be heartened to learn that... Read more...

The Plasticization of Planet Earth

December 2021

What does your toothbrush, a fish dinner, and your running shoes have in common? Plastic. We now live on Planet... Read more...

The Scam of Marketing Sports Stadiums as Corporate Billboards

December 2021

Advertising has been characterized as rattling a stick in a bucket – a noisy cry for public attention. One example... Read more...

“Team Greed” plays bigtime sports!

December 2021

‘Tis the season, right? Traditionally, this time of year celebrates spirituality and festivities – including Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. In... Read more...