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Last minute shopping

December 2011

Are you one of those 11th-hour shoppers who’s only now realizing that Christmas is this weekend? Well, don’t panic, for... Read more...

PR soap can't scrub off banker greed

December 2011

“Greenwashing” is the use of shameless PR campaigns by notorious polluters to portray their corporations as benign Bambi-loving protectors of... Read more...

The sad saga of the superrich

December 2011

It’s at this time of the year that generous, big-hearted Americans reach out to aid the less fortunate among us... Read more...

The "Perry Tale" of Rick-The-Reformer

December 2011

As the wise old adage says, those who live in glass houses, ought not throw stones. That’s the moral of... Read more...

The coldest cut of all

December 2011

Scrooge was a nasty old miser, but even he came to see the soul-destroying evil of his ways and found... Read more...

It's hell out there for luxury shoppers

December 2011

They say the early bird gets the worm, which is fine with me, because I really don’t want a worm.... Read more...

Big corporation, tiny heart

December 2011

How small can a giant corporation get? I don’t mean in size, but in spirit. Once again, America’s biggest commercial... Read more...

The Deep Shallowness of Prof. Gingrich

December 2011

Just in the nick of time for Christmas, Newt Gingrich has burst onto the national stage in a leading role.... Read more...

What Newt is… and is not

December 2011

Mea culpa, I misspoke, my bad – I stand corrected. In past commentaries, I have called Newt Gingrich a lobbyist.... Read more...

It takes people power to make clear that corporations are NOT people

December 2011

In November’s elections, the national media gave extensive coverage to a proposed “personhood amendment” to Mississippi’s state constitution. This extremist,... Read more...

Rewarding hubris, stupidity, hypocrisy, and cynicism

December 2011

Double-dippin’ Joe is back in the news. Double-dip is not some soda jerk working in an ice cream shop, but... Read more...

The "big stick" of people power

December 2011

Getting Congress to act on behalf of the People’s interest – especially when it requires members to take a firm... Read more...

Some people have all the luck

December 2011

Ah, tis the season for heart tugging stories – such as underdogs winning one for a change, or some have-nots... Read more...

How the 1% can camp out with the 99%

December 2011

Perhaps you’re part of Wall Street’s richest one-percent, yet, deep in the deepest part of your hedge-fund heart, you secretly... Read more...

"We the People," not We the Corporations

December 2011

In response to the Supreme Court’s freakish decision in 2010 to bestow political “personhood” on corporations, I got an email... Read more...

Congress' nine percent

November 2011

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...

Where you can see America Bifurcate

November 2011

The rich, as F. Scott Fitzgerald put it, “are different than you and me.” If you doubt it, go shopping.... Read more...

Paulson's plaintive plea

November 2011

Who’s the most befuddled Wall Streeter of all? The richest guy on the Street. In assessing the spreading public protest... Read more...

Perry's piggybank

November 2011

“Tell me with whom you walk,” goes the old adage, “and I’ll tell you who you are.” Maybe you’re wondering... Read more...

America's good food movement

November 2011

What better day than Thanksgiving to celebrate our country’s food rebels! I’m talking about the growing movement of small farmers,... Read more...

Fired CEOs get gilded goodbyes

November 2011

In these times of nationwide job insecurity, with five applicants lined up for every job opening, CEOs warn workers that... Read more...

Earth Dinner

November 2011

This holiday season, how about having an earth dinner? Not that you’d eat earth, but that you and others would... Read more...

Rooty-toot-toot, here comes the Newt!

November 2011

O joy – the generous gods of political commentary love me! The poli-gods have delivered a magnificent gift for me:... Read more...

Wall Street's Ethical Values Explained

November 2011

Hoo, boy, it’s tough in our economy. I know you worry about your own little world, Bucko – whether you’re... Read more...

War on the Mexican Border!

November 2011

Grim-faced military officers and ashen-faced politicians describe a horrific “war zone,” with “hundreds of people murdered” and “citizens under attack... Read more...