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A tiny bug spreads happiness

January 2012

Great news, people: a hot spot of nine-spotted ladybugs has been spotted in Amagansett, New York! This uplifting story is... Read more...

GOP "mad as a hatter" about EPA mercury regs

January 2012

Why do congressional Republicans hate unborn babies? Yeah, I know they profess to love the unborn, even considering them “persons”... Read more...

Getting stuck on America's economic ladder

January 2012

One of the hidebound myths in our culture is the Horatio Alger fantasy: you might be born poor, Bucko, but... Read more...

An ugly surprise from big oil

January 2012

The corporatists in Congress barked at Obama that he must approve that Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf... Read more...

America's class divide

January 2012

What planet does presidential wannabe Rick Santorum live on? When it comes to grasping the situation of America’s hard-hit workaday... Read more...

Memo to Supremes: Got ethics?

January 2012

Good grief – how can someone so smart be so stupid? So clueless? So wrong? John Roberts is not just... Read more...

Repeal the farce of "Corporate Personhood"

January 2012

The Powers That Be constantly try to pull the wool over people’s eyes, but sometimes the wool blinders are so... Read more...

Shhh, people – Mitt's Trying to think

January 2012

Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams once offered this advice to rookies: “If you don’t think too good, don’t think... Read more...

The poppy war in Afghanistan

January 2012

Oh to be in Afghanistan again, when the poppies are in bloom! For a symbol of how America’s decade-long war... Read more...

Join the action against corporate rule

January 2012

What a great group of groups! They’ve got names like “Winning Our Future,” “Make Us Great Again,” and “Red, White... Read more...

How to stimulate consumer spending

January 2012

Bars can get in legal trouble when they over-serve patrons who then get a DUI citation. But what about retail... Read more...

A people's victory in Montana

January 2012

Let’s hear it for American Tradition Partnership! It’s an organization that stands up for the politically dispossessed in our land.... Read more...

SuperPACs storm Iowa

January 2012

In Iowa’s presidential scramble, the biggest players were not the candidates, but an insidious, ever-growing force that voters couldn’t even... Read more...

Afghanistan forever. And ever

January 2012

A bipartisan majority in Washington has been quietly funding a multimillion-dollar educational initiative to lift people up. Great! Except that... Read more...

The GOP's menu of mediocrity

January 2012

And away we go! Not just into a new year, but – zap! – suddenly we find ourselves catapulted into... Read more...

Congress' nine percent

January 2012

Congress: How small-minded is it? How tangled-up in a right-wing ideological knot is it? How subservient to corporate lobbyists is... Read more...

Organize for 2012

January 2012

At last, a New Year cometh! I say “at last” because, politically, 2011 was a rough ride. Let me just... Read more...

Repeal the farce of "Corporate Personhood"

January 2012

The Powers That Be constantly try to pull the wool over people’s eyes, but sometimes the wool blinders are so... Read more...

Shoveling America's wealth to the top

January 2012

As an old country saying puts it, “Money is like manure – it does no good unless you spread it... Read more...

Declare independence from corporate power!

January 2012

A year from now, Americans will be caught in an unprecedented blizzard of campaign ads. Most of this ad blizzard... Read more...

Gifts that really do keep giving

December 2011

I have finally mastered the art of finding perfect gifts for people on my list – gifts that rise above... Read more...

The disuniting of America

December 2011

The Bible doesn’t say that money is the root of all evil – rather, it condemns the love of money.... Read more...

America: a beacon of social justice?

December 2011

“USA: We’re Number One!” Oh, wait – Iceland in Number One. But we did beat out Poland and Slovakia, right?... Read more...

Rick-the-regular-guy

December 2011

The governor of Texas (who desperately wants to be your president) is flitting all around, spreading tons of fairy dust... Read more...

Give a gift that matters

December 2011

It wasn’t that long ago that the act of “gift giving” didn’t require a maddening trip to Wal-Mart or a... Read more...