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McDonald's generosity exceeds all imagination

July 2013

At last, a fast food giant that gives a damn about the economic hardships faced by low-wage workers. Not only... Read more...

Repeal the patriot act

July 2013

It’s back. The Patriot Act – a grotesque, ever-mutating, hydra-headed monstrosity from the Bush-Cheney Little Shop of Horrors – has... Read more...

Blessed are the rich

July 2013

It’s so great – truly heartwarming – to see billionaires devoting their deepest thoughts to finding solutions for eradicating poverty.... Read more...

Vox Populi to cognoscenti: "No thanks to more NAFTAs"

July 2013

Most of America’s corporate, political, and media cognoscenti are street-preaching proselytizers of the holy virtues of NAFTA-style trade deals. “Believe!”... Read more...

Charles Koch's Wonder World of Hairdressernomics

July 2013

One thing I’ve come to value in the last couple of years is the altruism and keen economic insights of... Read more...

Slaphappy Politicos

July 2013

Is it just me, or has American politics regressed from its normal abnormal to become full-blown wacky? So many politicos... Read more...

If you only watch your bottom line, you can't lift your head high

July 2013

Just for the hell of it, let’s re-imagine Walmart. Imagine if the world’s most profitable retailer were to invest a... Read more...

Beware of bankers being helpful

July 2013

The word “help” is so uplifting, conveying our best humanitarian values. How odd, then, to see it used in this... Read more...

Democrats join Republicans in Wall Street's pocket

July 2013

“It’s appalling,” said Rep. Jim Himes. He was talking about the money that special interests stuff in the pockets of... Read more...

The true path to American Exceptionalism

July 2013

America the Beautiful! America the Greatest! We’re Number One, right? Absolutely, naturally, and indisputably. At least that’s the theocratic pronouncement... Read more...

Falling through America's cracks

July 2013

Poverty in America: Bigger than ever and rapidly spreading. Today’s turbulent economic waters are sweeping millions of Americans downstream from... Read more...

North Carolina's Kafkaesque war on the unemployed

July 2013

Something profoundly awful has seeped into the top strata of American society: Our nation’s corporate and political elites have developed... Read more...

Texas GOP unleashes political quackery on women’s reproductive rights

July 2013

In 2007, a Texas school superintendent rejected any need for sex education classes. Noting that many students in his district... Read more...

The mean team is winning the jobless game

July 2013

“Come on team, let’s get mean!” This is not the chant of rabid football fans, egging on their team to... Read more...

A "People's Filibuster" in Texas awakens a movement

July 2013

A few years ago, during consideration of a bill being pushed by a Republican elder in the Texas Senate, first-term... Read more...

Flagging the lies of Big Oil's frackers on the 4th of July

July 2013

Big Oil’s frigging frackers are wrapping their shameless profiteering in our flag. In shale fields across the country, you’ll see... Read more...

The chicanery of corporate food manufactures

July 2013

Mothers the world over have told their children a zillion times: “Stop playing with your food!” I now share their... Read more...

Using hokey statistics to abandon jobless Americans

July 2013

“It goes back to the fundamentals,” intoned a Wall Street analyst, “the economy is improving.” Improving for whom? By “fundamentals,”... Read more...

Serve bankers or serve the poor? Congress reinterprets Jesus

July 2013

Thank God for Congress, right? When things get out of balance in America, we can always count on our legislative... Read more...

Our nation's extraordinary housing crisis

June 2013

We have a serious housing shortage in America these days, and the stress it’s creating for needy families is approaching... Read more...

On-call shifts: The latest corporate shame

June 2013

Step right up, folks, and take your chances in the Amazing New American Workplace. Constantly high unemployment! Low wages always!... Read more...

Take a spin with Ted

June 2013

Let’s go “Cruzing” again! Yes, take another wild and crazy ride with me down the twisted road of Texas Sen.... Read more...

A new home for poverty in America

June 2013

It’s been nearly 50 years since poverty in America was a front-burner issue on our nation’s political agenda – and... Read more...

Global beer giant dances the can-can

June 2013

Anyone who says that America has lost its innovative edge in technology and manufacturing has not chugged a can of... Read more...

The class of 2013 seems to "get it."

June 2013

Harrell’s hardware, located near my home in Austin, Texas, is the opposite of a big-box chain store. It’s an un-chained,... Read more...