When Donald Trump declared he would fix the US Postal Service, he was using the word “fix” the same way... Read more...
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The agriculture commissioner of Texas, Sid Miller, is the one top official in our state willing to take a bold... Read more...
Not only are the rich different from you and me – they’re getting more different than ever. I’m not referring... Read more...
Is “corporate ethics” an oxymoron? Do you have to be a jerk to be a successful CEO? Is exploitation the... Read more...
We’ve got the Academy Awards, the Emmy’s, and GRAMMYs… but what should we call the award for the most extraordinary... Read more...
These days, the haughty rich in our country have developed such an arrogant sense of self-entitlement that they’ve gone from... Read more...
It’s tough being rich. For one thing, you have to be on constant alert to keep commoners from encroaching on... Read more...
Oh great – here comes a new stealth attack on the fragile, life-sustaining natural resources of Planet Earth. This assault... Read more...
Why all this hoopla about Earth Day, grump the barons of Big Oil and other corporate plunderers of our natural... Read more...
What if we took monopoly out of our daily diets? Busting the power of abusive and arrogant food monopolists would... Read more...
No longer just a parlor game, monopoly is what’s for dinner. Practically every commodity and every step in producing our... Read more...
An old political truism notes that, “Where there’s a will, there are 1,000 won’ts.” And what a hurricane of won’ts... Read more...
It’s time for America to go back to the future – a future of true greatness created by a people... Read more...
The past year proves that a lot of conventional economic wisdom is neither true nor wise. For example: “We don’t... Read more...
Ralph Waldo Emerson told of a dinner guest who went on and on about the virtue of honesty, offering his... Read more...
Hey, you, get away from those polling places! We don’t want your kind here! Scram! That’s a stupid, shameful, and... Read more...
In CorporateSpeak, there are no “job cuts.” Instead, firings are blandly referred to as “employment adjustments.” Now, though, corporate wordsmiths... Read more...
Hunters have come up with euphemisms to make what they do sound… well, less unpleasant. For example, animals aren’t killed,... Read more...
When corporate executives are absurdly hypocritical, yet so obtuse that they don’t even realize it, is it still hypocrisy… or... Read more...
There’s a white oak tree in Athens, Georgia, that is not owned by anyone. It’s an autonomous entity – known... Read more...
After looking into one of their main issues, I have to agree with Republicans: Our elections are being rigged. Anyone... Read more...
In February, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ran off to a luxury resort in sunny Cancún, Mexico, during the deep freeze... Read more...
I don’t know if Nero really fiddled while Rome burned, but it certainly is true that Texas Senator Ted Cruz... Read more...
Let’s say you’re a millionaire. That’s a lot of money, right? Now let’s say you’re a billionaire. That’s a lot... Read more...