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The corporate purchase of America's political discourse

September 2014

When five Supreme Court justices decreed that corporations are entitled to full free speech rights in our elections and that... Read more...

A frightening cruise through Ted Cruz's head

September 2014

Let’s take another cruise down the narrow byways and around the twisting turns that form Sen. Ted Cruz’s mind. The... Read more...

Far from a loser, post office is a money-making operation

September 2014

One public service that people really like and count on is the post office – which literally delivers for us.... Read more...

Help wash formaldehyde out of baby's hair

September 2014

Who says we’re not making progress in battling the senseless greed of corporate profiteers? Look at the big change won... Read more...

A Billionaire's sound advice to the Billionaire's Club

September 2014

Here’s an unusal über-rich guy with an unusual message for his fellow one-percent-of-the-one-percenters. Nick Hanauer, who made billions as an... Read more...

What job creation numbers don’t tell us

September 2014

Have you noticed that The Powers That Be employ an entirely different standard for measuring the health of America’s job... Read more...

Standing up to post office privatizers

September 2014

“Boss,” spelled backwards, is double-S-O-B, and that’s how most of the employees of the US Postal Service feel about their... Read more...

Mitch's minimum-wage glitch

September 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...

Cosmetic giants wage non-stop make-up war

September 2014

In the US alone, the cosmetics industry pulls in some $70 billion a year in sales of what’s commonly called... Read more...

Bezos buys a big piece of power

September 2014

An old cowboy aphorism says: “Speak the truth. But ride a fast horse.” From the 1970s into the 1990s, there... Read more...

"Tough Texas" wimps out in Pentagon giveaway

September 2014

I’m a dyed in the wool, fourth generation Texan, so let me just say that I am shocked and amazed,... Read more...

Let's turn Pope Francis loose on Wall Street

September 2014

Amazing! Some people who’ve long enjoyed a lifestyle of old-money elegance, are suddenly trying to downscale their lives and show... Read more...

Burger King pulls a Whopper on us

September 2014

Burger King, the fast food giant, bills itself as “Home of the Whopper,” a name intended to convey to burger... Read more...

Scary Perry foments fear that terrorists "could be" coming from Mexico

September 2014

One thing you can say about Rick Perry is that he sticks to his guns. If one of his policy... Read more...

Perry stands like a rock on border issue

September 2014

Rick Perry is making a grand stand at the Texas-Mexico border. In fact, on the issue of locking down that... Read more...

Labor Day lesson: there's no such thing as a "consumer"

September 2014

In the run-up to this Labor Day, I’ve noticed several CEOs, political pundits, and so-called economic experts saying they’re confused... Read more...

Lifting America up by raising the wage floor

August 2014

The good news is that it’s not all bad news these days. Take the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an... Read more...

Cargill's GMO hypocrisy

August 2014

Can you have your hypocrisy and eat it, too? I don’t think so, but Cargill Inc. is doing its damndest... Read more...

Police… or combat soldiers?

August 2014

From 1776 forward, Americas have opposed having soldiers do police work on our soil, but in recent years, Pentagon chiefs... Read more...

Rick Perry's Clown Show

August 2014

Political candidates should avoid getting defensive – as old-timers put it, any candidate who’s explaining, is losing. So it’s a... Read more...

Texas Grand Jury Indicts a Ham Sandwich

August 2014

Lawyers will tell you that any good prosecutor could convince a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. Well, meet... Read more...

First class for superrich high flyers

August 2014

With so many things to worry about in our world, I’m glad that one of my big concerns has finally... Read more...

The militarization of "Officer Friendly"

August 2014

Let’s check our weaponry: 93,000 machine guns, 533 planes and helicopters, 180,000 magazine cartridges, and 432 mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles.... Read more...

Looping Big Money around democracy's neck

August 2014

The beauty of our country’s present system of government is that anyone is perfectly free to buy a member of... Read more...

Masters of war

August 2014

Ready or not, here we go again. Our military has been hurled back into the chaos of Iraq. Apparently, “Mission... Read more...