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Two mass media favorites fall out of favor

December 2012

It’s not easy to get in the face of power and defy the conventional wisdom – you can quickly get... Read more...

Crime in the suites at Hostess headquarters

December 2012

After saddling Hostess Brands with nearly a billion dollars in debt, engaging in years of gross mismanagement, plunging the sugary-snack-maker... Read more...

The Czardom of Michiganistan

December 2012

Michigan is no longer a state. It is now “Michiganistan,” an autocratic czardom in the hands of Emperor Rick Snyder.... Read more...

High-Flying airline seats

December 2012

Big news, holiday travelers! American Airlines has a new family deal for you. If you and the kids are headed... Read more...

General Armey fades away – with cash

December 2012

Lightning’s flashing, winds are howling – and there’s a tempest in the tea party! Why it’s Dick Armey, the blowhard,... Read more...

Boehner fails "bogusity" test

December 2012

One pretty good rule in making public policy proposals is this: If you’re going to cite a source in support... Read more...

The cluelessness of Washington's budget "fixers"

December 2012

In the present scramble to “fix” the federal deficit, one of Washington’s worst ideas is widely considered by political elites... Read more...

Boehner's pitiful budget pitches

December 2012

John Boehner is in a hot huff, fuming so furiously that he’d be red-faced were it not for that eerie,... Read more...

The airline industry's fee-for-all

December 2012

Those who say we should run government like a business must not be frequent flyers. Flying, which was once a... Read more...

The secessionist tempest in Texas

December 2012

Once again, there’s a tempest brewing in the national tea pot. We’re talking secession! Well, some of us are. Actually,... Read more...

Who Really Killed The Twinkie?

December 2012

Remember the horrible murders in 1978 of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk? At the killer’s trial,... Read more...

A death in the family

December 2012

Born in 1930 in Schiller Park, Illinois, the deceased was 82 years old at the time of passing, the day... Read more...

Please, Obama, Don't do it!

December 2012

Now, we must consider the forthcoming celebrations in Washington for President Obama’s January inauguration. Really, we must. Unfortunately, we have... Read more...

By axing parks, politicos are stealing the people’s property

November 2012

“Sorry, we’re closed.” In one of the saddest signs of the times, this message is popping up all across the... Read more...

By axing parks, politicos are stealing the people’s property

November 2012

“Sorry, we’re closed.” In one of the saddest signs of the times, this message is popping up all across the... Read more...

A new man atop the pedestal of political goofiness

November 2012

At last, our embarrassment is over! We Texans have long endured the shame of having our goober of a governor,... Read more...

Fixing American Airlines

November 2012

Hoo-boy, the startling revelation that American Airlines has had some of its passenger seats come loose during flights gives new... Read more...

Brecksvillians beat City Hall

November 2012

One of the proudest progressive victories of the November 6 elections was produced by some scrappy citizens in the burg... Read more...

Election weirdness

November 2012

Politics bring out people’s best and worst… and the deeply weird. For example, the 2012 prize for “Stupidest Thing Said... Read more...

Lord help us!

November 2012

“Political Boss Man of the Year,” hands down, is Robert Murray, multimillionaire chief of the coal giant, Murray Energy. A... Read more...

America's good food movement

November 2012

What better day than Thanksgiving to celebrate our country’s food rebels! I’m talking about the growing movement of small farmers,... Read more...

Bosses gone berserk

November 2012

The sky is falling! The end times are upon us! It’s all over for America! And it’s all because of... Read more...

Mitch and Boehner in Dreamland

November 2012

Let’s see – Obama won both the popular vote and the electoral collage tally. Democrats didn’t just add to their... Read more...

A telling insight into Mitt's soul

November 2012

If for no other reason, President Obama’s re-election was a victory in the sense that America averted a hard Romney-Ryan... Read more...

Voting: A pain and a bother?

November 2012

Two heroes emerged at the polls this year, and neither was named Barack or Mitt. Their names are Galicia and... Read more...