Republican politicos are all over Joe Biden for failing to stop inflation. Perhaps you wonder, though, what these squawkers would... Read more...
Our local newspapers are being merged, purged, shrunk, shut down, and looted by Wall Street profiteers – yet there’s good... Read more...
Mega-investor Warren Buffett once held a big portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers, and he specialized in squeezing out competitors... Read more...
The rich are different from you and me. For one thing, they’re rich. Among the super-rich, though, there tends to... Read more...
Many Americans can’t believe that political coups are part of our country’s history – but consider from the Wall Street... Read more...
Corporate CEOs are mostly sedentary, well-heeled money people who would hardly be considered athletic. Yet, every now and then a... Read more...
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...
Suddenly, “social distancing” is our new national etiquette, abruptly supplanting handshakes, hugs, gatherings, and other forms of ingrained communal behavior... Read more...
In this horrible time of economic collapse, it is truly touching to see so many corporate chieftains reaching out in... Read more...
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...
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...
Our society has coined expressions like “philanthropist” to encourage and hail people’s charitable spirit. Look on the flip side of... Read more...
As Lyndon Johnson used to say about special interests trying to get his support to pass some blatantly self-serving legislation:... Read more...
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...
I never dreamed of growing up to be a political activist/ commentator, but here I am, and it’s worked out... Read more...
The morning after December’s horrific nighttime tornado smashed a huge Amazon warehouse in Illinois, killing six workers, corporate CEO Jeff... Read more...
Corporate America has proudly elevated good moral values to a special place. That place is the trash can. Indeed, free... Read more...
Can antibiotic medicines, long hailed as miracle drugs, be too much of a good thing? Yes. Two factors are at... Read more...
In 1972, I was part of a nationwide campaign that came close to getting the US Senate to reject Earl... Read more...
This holiday season got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of... Read more...
Here’s a twist on Christmas that would make Jesus weep. First, a right-wing faction in the US has been wringing... Read more...
In a world that’s clogged and choking with a massive overdose of plastic trash, you’ll be heartened to learn that... Read more...
What does your toothbrush, a fish dinner, and your running shoes have in common? Plastic. We now live on Planet... Read more...
Advertising has been characterized as rattling a stick in a bucket – a noisy cry for public attention. One example... Read more...
‘Tis the season, right? Traditionally, this time of year celebrates spirituality and festivities – including Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. In... Read more...