The lesson from Ferguson, Missouri August 2014The story exploding out of Ferguson, Missouri, is doubly infuriating. First, there is the obvious outrage of yet another unarmed... Read more...
Yet another political money scam August 2014Attention shoppers: If you’re looking for a super buy, be sure to check out the “Family PAC.” This is not... Read more...
Standing up to post office privatizers August 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...
What we've paid for war and Afghanistan and Iraq August 2014War is hell. Major General Harold Greene could certainly tell you about that – but he’s dead. On August 5,... Read more...
Why does John Brennan still have a job? August 2014A few months ago, Sen. Dianne Feinstein accused the CIA of spying on the intelligence committee she chairs, which is... Read more...
The damning nuttiness of the GOP's "hell no" faction August 2014When the going gets tough, Congress gets going! On vacation, that is. They’re taking off this entire month and much... Read more...
The race to be the goofiest politico of all August 2014I thought that, surely, the Texas lineup of Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. Rick Perry, and a carnival sideshow of far-right... Read more...
How Koch-headed billionaires plan to "save" America August 2014The Koch boys live in their own special world, enshrouded in a rarefied atmosphere created by the fumes emanating from... Read more...
Far from a loser, post office is a money-making operation August 2014One public service that people really like and count on is the post office – which literally delivers for us.... Read more...
Who's pushing to impeach President Obama? August 2014Perhaps you thought that, surely, partisan posturing by far-right congress critters couldn’t get any nuttier. But now comes the GOP’s... Read more...
Perry goes from callous to disgusting August 2014Great news for you lovers of Wild West, shoot-’em-up, pulp-fiction tales: Rick “Rootie-Toot-Toot” Perry is making a one-man stand on... Read more...
Perry's mess August 2014Gosh, the 2016 presidential primaries are a long way off, but look out – for here comes Rick Perry of... Read more...
Boney Fingers v. Soft Hands Work July 2014An old cliché says: “Hard work always pays off.” Really? Ask a farm worker about that, or talk to a... Read more...
The GOP's minimum wage nuttiness July 2014Anyone who works full time, ought not live in poverty. Period. Raising the minimum wage above the poverty level, is... Read more...
Corporations shift their tax burdens to you July 2014Did you scramble to get your taxes done this year, dashing to the mailbox at the last minute? Yeah, me... Read more...
What job creation numbers don’t tell us July 2014Have you noticed that The Powers That Be employ an entirely different standard for measuring the health of America’s job... Read more...
Can a $7-billion penalty be a good deal? July 2014Media outlets across the country trumpeted the stunning news with headlines like this: “Citigroup Punished.” At last, went the storyline,... Read more...
Economists find creative solution to US unemployment July 2014Excellent news, people. Let me put it to you as a number: 8.7 million. That’s how many new jobs the... Read more...
Do-nothing Congress takes a vacation July 2014When I heard that our congress critters are taking an extended vacation for all of August and part of September,... Read more...
Wall Street thieves should be ashamed… and shamed July 2014When Wall Street wrongdoer Citigroup accepted what the media hailed as a whopping $7-billion penalty for defrauding its own investors... Read more...
Warning: Boehner at work! July 2014Gosh, has it already been two weeks since Congress took a vacation? Those poor stiffs must be pooped from trying... Read more...
Is it smart to connect smart phones to smart homes? July 2014In my unstinting effort to keep you up-to-the-moment in the digital world of “what’s happening next?”, allow me to introduce... Read more...
Cargill's GMO hypocrisy July 2014Can you have your hypocrisy and eat it, too? I don’t think so, but Cargill Inc. is doing its damndest... Read more...
North Carolina's Moral Freedom Summer July 2014The Moral Monday Movement is on the move again! This feisty coalition, based in North Carolina, is an inspiring model... Read more...
Howling tea party mad dogs sing the impeachment blues July 2014It’s hard not to ridicule Congress’ tea party Republicans as a group of mad-dog “aginners” who do nothing but run... Read more...
