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Congressional victims of alcoholism… and hypocrisyitis

December 2013

Right-wing political operatives deserve credit for their impressive inventiveness. In particular, they have created the “Rob Defense” for public officials... Read more...

The highly-educated working poor: Adjunct professors

December 2013

There’s a growing army of the working poor in our USofA, and big contingents of it are now on the... Read more...

Who came up with the idea of Obamacare?

December 2013

A “message of the week” is handed out, talking points (including “lines of attack”) are distributed, “social media tactics” are... Read more...

Spymaster wants to outlaw reporting on NSA spying

December 2013

In the movie plot of a spy thriller, our hero gets captured by agents of a repressive government, and they... Read more...

Geithner's magical trip through the revolving door

December 2013

Timmy Geithner has landed. The Secretary of the Treasury in President Obama’s first term resigned early this year, and we... Read more...

Slapping the poor just for the hell of it

December 2013

The bluebirds of happiness are chirping away in our nation’s treetops, for America is now in the fifth year of... Read more...

A curse, a blessing, and a good food movement

December 2013

In 1972, I was part of a nationwide campaign that came close to getting the US Senate to reject Earl... Read more...

Coca-Cola's fat-headed front groups

December 2013

Irony is dead. It has been garroted by reality. For proof, check out the Beverage Institute for Health & Wellness.... Read more...

Lawmakers who force the poor to take drug tests should be drug-tested

December 2013

Tenacity can be an admirable trait in a leader – except when it’s stupid. Stupid tenacity has afflicted several right-wing... Read more...

Coke's Conspiracy against tap water

December 2013

Coca-Cola is running a stealth advertising campaign. Stealth? Why would a corporation as ad-dependent as Coke spend big bucks on... Read more...

J.P. Morgan – the man and the bank

November 2013

J.P. Morgan was recently socked in the wallet by financial regulators, who levied a fine of nearly a billion bucks... Read more...

In this season of feasting, let's celebrate agriCULTURE

November 2013

Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times columnist and former farm boy, says: “The central problem with modern industrial agriculture… [is]... Read more...

Punishing poverty, subsidizing billionaires

November 2013

In this season of the fall harvest, Congress is proving once again that it is a very poor gardener –... Read more...

Walmart's idea of Thanksgiving charity

November 2013

Who says Walmart is not big hearted? Just look at the chain’s outlet in Canton, Ohio, where management has set... Read more...

Billionaires reap a cornucopia of farm subsidy cash

November 2013

As we approach our annual feast of Thanksgiving, please join me in expressing our nation’s deepest, heartfelt feelings for an... Read more...

Peeking under the Big Top at this year's three-ring election circus

November 2013

Election days can be as dizzying as a three-ring circus with all three acts going at once. In the center... Read more...

"Black Friday" is spoiling Thanksgiving

November 2013

Here comes Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas! It’s a month-long season of friends and family, spiritual reflection, and time to decompress... Read more...

McDonald's: Low-paid workers, high-flying execs

November 2013

In this season of generosity, I’m sure that you get as much joy and deep internal satisfaction as I do... Read more...

The unholy cult of today's government-subsidized "Boom"

November 2013

Thomas Carlyle called economics “the dismal science.” But he was only half right. Dismal, yes, but a science, no. It’s... Read more...

Big lies win pyrrhic GMO victory for Big Food

November 2013

If you doubt that big money and lies can pervert elections, look at Initiative 522 in Washington State. It had... Read more...

The Pope shows us how to deal with the Princes of Wall Street

November 2013

Many congress critters like to rise up on their hind legs and bellow that they’re “tough on crime.” But they... Read more...

Rabbits, endangered rhinos, and the Dallas Safari Club

November 2013

Have you ever heard of the rabbit hunter’s nightmare? A guy dreams that he and a few of his buddies... Read more...

Why are we taxpayers subsidizing corporate crime?

November 2013

Sometimes, a news story can be so crammed with irony that it boggles the mind. Consider just the headline on... Read more...

Too few people control too much of America's money and power

November 2013

Sometimes it pays just to go away. You could ask Jim Skinner about that. He was CEO of the hamburger... Read more...

Congress critters kiss Wall Street butt for cash

November 2013

On the day before Halloween, the ethically-challenged members of our lobbyist-haunted House of Representatives did a perverse imitation of “Profiles... Read more...