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Warning: A new intrusive swarm coming our way!

July 2012

Get ready, America, for here comes “the next latest and greatest thing in aviation.” Wow, what could it be? Maybe... Read more...

"Double-S.O.B.s" keep making a killing

July 2012

It’s true that America’s working stiffs are mostly stuck in the muck of depression these days, spinning their economic wheels... Read more...

Turning college students into free market chattel

July 2012

Let’s take another trip deep into the “Magic Kingdom of LaissezFairyland” and prostrate ourselves before the infallible and inscrutable force... Read more...

The spreading corporate crime wave

July 2012

Can it really be a surprise that four out of five Americans have little-to-zero trust in big banks, that 62... Read more...

Cleaning up the stench of Washington lobbyists

July 2012

Even a hog must sometimes gag at the stench of its own sty. Maybe that’s why some corporate lobbyists have... Read more...

Checking out corporate come-ons

July 2012

Time for another trip into the Far, Far, Far-out World of Free Enterprise. Today, Spaceship Hightower makes a journey to... Read more...

Who needs Wall Street giants?

July 2012

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and the other Wall Street behemoths that dominate American banking – who needs... Read more...

Let's consider the GOP's health care plan

July 2012

Here’s some useful advice from an old country saying: Never try to teach table manners to a pig – it... Read more...

The hidden ugliness behind Romney's gleaming smile

July 2012

What a blessing to have Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee for president! It’s a blessing because he is a... Read more...

The pouty GOP's farcical hissy fit

July 2012

By gollies, you’ve got to hand it to those Republicans in Congress – they’re a tenacious bunch! No, not tenacious.... Read more...

Beware of the tomato tamperers

July 2012

Some people are too smart for your own good. Food geneticists, for example. These technicians have the smarts to tinker... Read more...

Propagandizing school kids for corporate profit

July 2012

Are you a parent who’s worried about the plethora of highly-questionable bio-engineered organisms that agribusiness profiteers have quietly been slipping... Read more...

To save the tree, nurture the grassroots

July 2012

Washington keeps handing massive bailouts to Wall Street giants and multibillion-dollar annual subsidies to the likes of Big Oil, which... Read more...

Misjudging John Roberts' Supreme Vote

July 2012

Let us all now bow before Lord Roberts and shout hosannas in acknowledgment of his Supreme excellency as a wise... Read more...

Exxon's T-Rex caught in a wildfire

July 2012

Rex Tillerson is known by those who track Big Oil as “T-Rex.” As CEO of global giant ExxonMobil, he’s and... Read more...

The tacky "Yard Sale" of our public spaces

July 2012

Question of the day: Should the people’s property – by which I mean such basic public items as police vehicles,... Read more...

Food manipulators trying to deceive voters

July 2012

An old adage says, “Never buy a pig in a poke.” But what about a poke hidden in a pig?... Read more...

Remember Montana!

July 2012

As a Montana newspaper editorial succinctly put it: “The greatest living issue confronting us today is whether the corporations shall... Read more...

What's in our food? Fight for the right to know

July 2012

Food fight, everyone – let’s all join the fun! Actually, this is neither fun nor a fight that America’s consumers... Read more...

Plutocratic political hacks now rule the Supreme Court

July 2012

“Two wrongs don’t make a right,” as my old Texas momma used to say. But apparently, five of the justices... Read more...

Happy hour for craft brews

June 2012

And now, for some happy talk -­ by which I mean a non-corporate, “little-d” democratic, and altogether-pleasurable economic development that’s... Read more...

A gamer's wild pitch

June 2012

In sports, a “gamer” is someone who’s always eager to play. However, in such pursuits as business and politics, a... Read more...

A crass betrayal of America's middle class

June 2012

To know which way the economic winds are blowing, just check such newspaper headlines as these: “Underemployed and Underpaid,” “Shrinking... Read more...

Mitch McConnell is mad

June 2012

That Mitch McConnell ­what a scream he is! The Republican Senate leader ­who’s perpetually in a political pout ­hates, hates,... Read more...

Time to focus on the "Doug Jones Average"

June 2012

To measure how our economy is doing, media outlets keep a constant eye on the Dow Jones Average. But they’re... Read more...