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Romney is just another word for Money

April 2012

Has anyone besides me noticed that not only is Mitt Romney the GOP’s rich-man candidate for president, but his last... Read more...

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

April 2012

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

Congress: America needs more financial fraud

April 2012

In this time of “The Great Hurt” – with widespread unemployment, middle-class incomes tumbling, and the price of gasoline skyrocketing... Read more...

Relax, this won't hurt. Much

April 2012

Never ask a barber if he thinks you need a haircut – and never, ever, ask national security officials if... Read more...

The "ROBS Act"

April 2012

Hallelujah, Washington has finally heard the people’s cries for jobs! In an urgent bipartisan push, Democrats and Republicans have passed... Read more...

Meet Big Brother's corporate cousin

March 2012

British author George Orwell’s novel, “1984,” warned about the coming of an all-seeing Big Brother government. Sure enough, Britain today... Read more...

Classy banks

March 2012

Another way that the rich are different from you and me is that their bankers serve freshly baked chocolate-chip cookies... Read more...

Secret corporate cash perverts elections… and public policy

March 2012

Corporate political money doesn’t just buy elections – it buys government policy. Check out Americans for Prosperity, a fine-sounding group... Read more...

"Broken Windows" on Wall Street

March 2012

The obits for James Q. Wilson, who recently died, were glowing. This arch-conservative sociologist had developed the “broken windows” theory... Read more...

Save America from both the Kochs and Cato

March 2012

It’s always entertaining to see a couple of billionaire plutocrats like the Koch boys get an embarrassing case of political... Read more...

Global warming, God, and Jim Inhofe

March 2012

Here’s an amazing fact: Oklahoma is the only state in the Union with a U.S. senator worse than its own... Read more...

Woody at 100

March 2012

Where’s Woody when we need him? This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Woody Guthrie, and in... Read more...

Single-moms, child abuse, contraception… and state legislators

March 2012

Attention ladies: Big news on the state legislative front. Republican lawmakers in Arizona and Wisconsin want to help you improve... Read more...

The catty tiff between the Kochs and Cato

March 2012

The Koch boys are footstomping mad, because someone took one of their toys . “We paid for it,” cried Charlie.... Read more...

Greed so bad that it'll gag a banker

March 2012

Lloyd Blankfein, a Wall Street baron who has garnered a multimillion-dollar personal fortune as CEO of Goldman Sachs, says he... Read more...

Down and out on Wall Street

March 2012

Have you heard about the earthquake that has shaken Wall Street to its very core? Well, brace yourself, for this... Read more...

The dirty little secret of Keystone XL

March 2012

“It’s certainly true,” declared Energy Secretary Stephen Chu, “that having Canada as a supplier for our oil is much more... Read more...

An Army whistle-blower speaks truth about power

March 2012

A citizen’s willingness to speak truth to power is essential for the well-being of a democracy. Equally essential, though, are... Read more...

SuperPAC silliness

March 2012

SuperPACs, the new money beasts of American politics, have already funneled more than $100 million into this year’s presidential election.... Read more...

Bizarrely, Obama turns on truthtellers

March 2012

Some say that Barack Obama never seems to go far enough with his policy proposals, settling instead for half-step reforms.... Read more...

The tale of J.R. Simplot's two-headed trout

March 2012

The corporate propensity for rationalizing the irrational in the pursuit of profit appears to be boundless. Consider J.R. Simplot, a... Read more...

Stepping steadily upward on Massey's corporate ladder

March 2012

Every day on the job, hundreds of miners descend deep into the earth. And every time they go down, each... Read more...

The Keystone XL Flim flam

March 2012

For Rep. Allen West, the skyrocketing price of gasoline is a personal pocketbook issue. The Florida tea-party Republican (who blames... Read more...

Mitt for Doofus-In-Chief!

March 2012

Let’s come out and say the obvious: Mitt Romney is a doofus. Yes, Rick Santorum is a bigger doofus and... Read more...

The Sanctimonious Santorum

March 2012

Let’s go spelunking in Rick Santorum’s head. There, we can probe the inner sanctums of his brain and discover his... Read more...