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Lifting America up by raising the wage floor

July 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...

Looping Big Money around democracy's neck

July 2014

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

The inversion perversion – another corporate tax loophole

July 2014

Corporations are funny creatures. For example, they don’t want to pay their share of America’s tax bill, but then they’re... Read more...

Walgreens: An unpatriotic ingrate

July 2014

How would you react if one of your neighbors announced that while he obviously benefits from having clean water, highways,... Read more...

Cheney and his flock of neo-con chicken hawks return

July 2014

It’s awful to see the horrific resurgence of Sunni-Shia sectarian war in Iraq, re-splintering that delicate nation. There is, however,... Read more...

Time for "We the People" to re-declare our independence

July 2014

July 4th – what a blast – cookouts, fireworks, and several 12-ounce elbow bends. Oh yeah… it’s also about that... Read more...

Three GOP governors rush to help one citizen

July 2014

Who says that big-time politicians pay no attention to their constituents? This is, after all, America, where everyone has a... Read more...

How Koch-headed billionaires plan to "save" America

July 2014

The Koch boys live in their own special world, enshrouded in a rarefied atmosphere created by the fumes emanating from... Read more...

Gov. Walker, illegal money, the Koch brothers, and Judge Randa

July 2014

Scott Walker can’t seem to run a clean campaign. He first won the governorship of Wisconsin in 2010 from his... Read more...

Cheney swings at Obama but hits himself

July 2014

President Obama has been hit with a firestorm of vitriolic criticism from Republican opportunists hoping to score political points by... Read more...

The deep goofiness of Speaker Boehner

June 2014

What a hoot to see House Speaker John Boehner up on his hind legs recently, braying like a goofy mule... Read more...

Koch brothers stunned to find some non-rich people in their lobby

June 2014

The gabillionaire Koch brothers feel entitled to occupy the people’s elections, barging in with sacks full of corporate cash. So,... Read more...

Let's turn Pope Francis loose on Wall Street

June 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...

Police… or combat soldiers?

June 2014

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

"Pitchfork" Lloyd Blankfein

June 2014

Lloyd Blankfein is very concerned about income inequality. With his face reflecting both worry and perplexity, he recently called inequality... Read more...

The militarization of "Officer Friendly"

June 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...

Citigroup "wins" but loses; Rakoff "loses" but wins

June 2014

Believe it or not, one public official has actually stood up to the finagling banksters of Wall Street. Three years... Read more...

What job creation numbers don’t tell us

June 2014

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

In Oklahoma, "conservative" means serving corporate power

June 2014

Oklahomans have been socked with a surprise from their own, supposedly “conservative” state officials. It seems that thousands of Sooners... Read more...

Economists find creative solution to US unemployment

June 2014

Excellent news, people. Let me put it to you as a number: 8.7 million. That’s how many new jobs the... Read more...

The NRA ducks a shot of common sense

June 2014

Whoa, that was close! The National Rifle Association came dangerously close to shooting itself in the foot recently with a... Read more...

A chicken coop as a monument to greed

June 2014

If you’re an upper-class, über-rich Brit, the price of being blessed with such wealth and social standing is that you’re... Read more...

Low-wage corporate exploiters dressed as mom & pop

June 2014

When corporate lobbyists and the congress critters they control attack efforts to raise the minimum wage to at least a... Read more...

Is it smart to connect smart phones to smart homes?

June 2014

In 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...

When no news is bad news

June 2014

If a tree falls in the woods and NBC, ABC, and CBS aren’t there to cover the crash, does it... Read more...