Welcome to the GOP's Theological Nutland September 2012While it’s hard to fathom right-wing nuttiness, it’s sure not hard to find it these days. We saw it in... Read more...
The Dow has recovered, but what about "The Doug?" September 2012Happy Labor Day! And what a good day it is, for only five years after that ugly Wall Street collapse,... Read more...
Warning: A new intrusive swarm coming our way! August 2012Get ready, America, for here comes “the next latest and greatest thing in aviation.” Wow, what could it be? Maybe... Read more...
Where's the ethical balance of America's scales of justice? August 2012Is it really “fair and balanced”? I don’t mean the ridiculous Fox TV channel, whose right-wing ranters mock their own... Read more...
The Ryan-Romney flim-flam ticket August 2012Let’s talk budget! Yes, the wonky wonderland of the federal budget, with page after page of numbers – what fun,... Read more...
The spreading corporate crime wave August 2012Can it really be a surprise that four out of five Americans have little-to-zero trust in big banks, that 62... Read more...
The brand-new Mitt August 2012Among the higher hurdles that American marketing geniuses have tried (and failed) to leap were attempts to convince car buyers... Read more...
To save the tree, nurture the grassroots August 2012Washington keeps handing massive bailouts to Wall Street giants and multibillion-dollar annual subsidies to the likes of Big Oil, which... Read more...
A fracking conflict of interest August 2012ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and other giants of the hydraulic fracturing industry not only are fracking deep gas wells all over our... Read more...
Food manipulators trying to deceive voters August 2012An old adage says, “Never buy a pig in a poke.” But what about a poke hidden in a pig?... Read more...
Is nothing sacred to frackers? August 2012Such energy powers as BP, ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and Koch Industries have gone crackers over fracking! Seeing huge profits from this... Read more...
Romney runs away from his running mate August 2012Poor Paul Ryan – he successfully rammed a budget bill through the U.S. House that gutted Medicare, thus earning him... Read more...
The Koch brothers' black liquor moonshine August 2012Question: If you mix a cocktail of “black liquor,” biofuels, diesel, and a generous splash of tax subsidies – then... Read more...
A tsunami of political slime August 2012Mark Hanna, the Karl Rove of the old Robber Baron era, explained a century ago that, “There are two things... Read more...
Sen. Crapo's magic wand August 2012What’s your favorite adult beverage? Some like Johnnie Walker “Black Label,” and others like “Black Box” wine. However, no one... Read more...
The people's choice! Uh… not really. In fact, not at all. August 2012As evidenced by Ted Cruz’s recent victory in the Texas senatorial primary, the Republican party’s core voters have made the... Read more...
Sandy Weill's apt epitaph: pigs fly August 2012Why isn’t Sandy Weill treated as a crook? He not only violated the law, but arrogantly flaunted it. Yet the... Read more...
Munching fish and chips with Mitt August 2012At last, we have a clear sign that Mitt Romney really is “a man of the people!” The proof of... Read more...
A Wall Street devil gets religion August 2012Hallelujah and Holy Smokes – the biggest sinner on Wall Street has repented! He is Sandy Weill, the deal-maker who... Read more...
The GOP is galloping away from conservative… to crazy August 2012If you thought that right-wing politicos couldn’t get any goofier – take a peek at “Texas on Cruz Control.” Ted... Read more...
Our rights versus authoritarian wrong August 2012One of the juiciest ironies of Tampa’s newly-minted law to suppress protest at the upcoming Republican National Convention is that... Read more...
Insider tips profit biggest hedge funds August 2012The high-rollers who run Wall Street’s top hedge funds essentially gamble with other people’s money, betting billions of dollars on... Read more...
Protecting political insiders from our First Amendment August 2012Ah, it’s August – time for the presidential nominating conventions! This grand testimonial of our citizens’ rights and liberties will... Read more...
America's incredibly meek media July 2012Bizarrely, the CEOs of America’s highly-conglomerated news sources keep trying to jack up profits by shedding the editors and reporters... Read more...
How greedy can global bankers get? July 2012I, for one, am tired of hearing complaints that our giant, bailed-out banks have simply taken the money and run,... Read more...
