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Some Congress critters deserve a permanent vacation

May 2014

They’re back. They’re rested. They’re ready! Our Congress critters, that is. They’ve returned to their workplace after enjoying a badly-needed,... Read more...

The Army makes a pizza for the ages. Literally

May 2014

From the Gatling gun to the nuclear bomb, from hot air balloons to drones, the military has enlisted scientists to... Read more...

Perry's mess

May 2014

Gosh, the 2016 presidential primaries are a long way off, but look out – for here comes Rick Perry of... Read more...

Don’t shut the post office, expand their services

April 2014

What’s the matter with the post office? The US Postal Service, I mean – the corporate hierarchy that runs this... Read more...

America's ongoing rebellion for fairness and justice

April 2014

The corporate Powers That Be keep thinking we’ll stay hitched to their plow no matter how severely they lash us... Read more...

Rick Perry's magic glasses

April 2014

He’s back. And, this time, he has eyeglasses. Yes, Rick “Oops” Perry, is back, pitching himself for another presidential run.... Read more...

The flim flam of The Employment Policy Institute

April 2014

Mothers everywhere warn children not to put any food in their mouths unless they know where it came from. The... Read more...

Florida official can't seem to get the hang of running elections

April 2014

It’s our civic duty to vote, right? Well that depends on who you are. The disgusting reality is that many... Read more...

From farm workers to cheerleaders – we're all in this together

April 2014

It doesn’t take an IQ much higher than room temperature to realize that it’s way past time to raise America’s... Read more...

Corporations shift their tax burdens to you

April 2014

Did you scramble to get your taxes done this year, dashing to the mailbox at the last minute? Yeah, me... Read more...

Spy agents turned into peeping Toms

April 2014

Medical science has long known that the optic nerve runs from the retina of our eyeballs to the visual cortex... Read more...

Pulling the curtain on an anti-minimum wage front group

April 2014

In Frank Baum’s novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the “wizard’ turns out to be a phony – just an... Read more...

Mount Pompeo blows smoke over GMO Foods

April 2014

In 79 AD, Pompeii was buried in ash by a volcanic eruption. Now, nearly 2000 years later, an eruption of... Read more...

Let's cheer for NFL cheerleaders

April 2014

Give me an “N” – Nnnnnn! Give me an “F” – Ffffff! Give me an “L” – Llllll! What does... Read more...

Glossing over America's jobs crisis

April 2014

When I saw the headline in my local paper, I wanted to laugh out loud. But that’s really hard to... Read more...

Fast food chains stealing from low-wage workers

April 2014

No matter how small the haul is, a thief is a thief, right? If a poverty-wage fast-food worker sneaks out... Read more...

The psychic pain borne by the rich

April 2014

One thing about the tea party Republicans in Congress is that they do know who butters their biscuits. Several have... Read more...

US Postal Service selling out workers and… America

April 2014

You know what America needs? More jobs, that’s what. Not Walmart-style “jobettes,” but real jobs, stable ones with a good... Read more...

Caterpillar crawls into offshore tax haven to hide profits

April 2014

The dictionary defines a caterpillar as a “wormlike larva” and a “crawler.” Also, that “pillar” part of the word is... Read more...

How simple is Rep. Paul Ryan

April 2014

My guess is that Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican Party’s highly-touted budget guru, doesn’t have a very tight grip on... Read more...

Freaky Stories from April Fool's Day

April 2014

On a recent morning, after checking news reports, I thought: What a freaky news day. Freaky Story Number One was... Read more...

To start a movement, start moving!

April 2014

Like that little choo-choo in the children’s book, “Moral Monday” is the little movement that says, “I think I can”... Read more...

The mobsters of Wall Street

April 2014

Assume that you ran a business that was found guilty of bribery, forgery, perjury, defrauding homeowners, fleecing investors, swindling consumers,... Read more...

The sad tale behind Ben Bernanke's sadness

April 2014

Now you’ve done it – you’ve made Ben sad. Ben Bernanke, I mean, the former head of the Federal Reserve,... Read more...

How income inequality happens

April 2014

Where’s Charles Dickens when we need him? The novelist, who laid bare the shame of gross income inequality in 19th... Read more...