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Getting unhooked from your bank's fee addiction

November 2011

It’s one thing to be addicted to a drug, but it’s worse to be hooked because someone else is addicted.... Read more...

Shooting and clubbing veterans is not a solution

November 2011

Here’s some free advice for America’s financial and political leaders who’re eager to shut down the Occupy Wall Street protests:... Read more...

Don't just salute veterans, rally with them

November 2011

Here’s a surprise that the power elites really hate: many members of the one-percent are joining the “We are the... Read more...

Big corporation, tiny heart

November 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 disuniting of America

November 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?

November 2011

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

Shoveling America's wealth to the top

November 2011

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

Another bailout scam from Bank of America

November 2011

One way you can tell that a bank is in trouble is that it suddenly starts buying full-page ads in... 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...

Let's buy Cal Thomas a clue

November 2011

Many big-time newspapers have run mocking pieces by political pundits about the Occupy movement, denigrating it as confused and chaotic.... Read more...

The corporate purchase of governmental power

November 2011

Jamie Dimon of New York City made a donation to the New York Police Foundation this spring. “These officers,” Mr.... Read more...

Rising public anger explained in daily headlines

November 2011

America’s power elites on Wall Street and in Washington have been stunned by the sudden surge of the Occupy movement.... Read more...

What's in a name?

October 2011

The resilient Occupy Wall Street group in New York City certainly occupies the minds of the banksters who’re the target... Read more...

A Pinocchio "Perry Tale"

October 2011

Gather ’round me children – it’s time for another “Perry Tale.” Rick Perry, the Texas governor, is flitting hither, thither,... Read more...

Paulson's plaintive plea

October 2011

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

Declare independence from corporate power!

October 2011

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

Wall Street is dazed and confused

October 2011

Astonishingly, some Wall Streeters continue to be clueless about what the “Occupy Wall Street” movement is protesting. Yoo-hoo, Streeters: note... Read more...

"We the People," not We the Corporations

October 2011

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

Dr. Pepper on steroids

October 2011

If you worry that American corporations have lost the innovative, can-do edge necessary to compete in today’s global economy, you... Read more...

Fired CEOs get gilded goodbyes

October 2011

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

Billions in profits, zero in taxes

October 2011

Let’s play, “Scamming the System!” It’s the exciting and richly rewarding game that allows every American to use offshore income... Read more...

Palin bows out

October 2011

And just like that – phffffttt – she was gone. Sarah Palin, the phantasmagoric shooting star of far-right-wing wackiness, has... Read more...

Knee jerks defend Wall Street

October 2011

If you had any doubt about the seriousness of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement that is springing up from America’s... Read more...

A political Buddy for the people

October 2011

Well, gosh, look at this: the Republican Party does have a presidential candidate who’s not a far-right goofball, a product... Read more...

Malicious merger merchants strike again

October 2011

Five men suddenly found themselves faced with an all out attack on their territory. Five men confronted by a hostile... Read more...