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PAUL RYAN'S ROCKY "PATH TO PROSPERITY"

April 2011

     So much fanfare, so little fare. And once you see it without the dazzling neon lights rippling across it,... Read more...

WHICH STATE HAS THE WORST OF THE WORST?

April 2011

An email popped up recently that chilled me to the bone. Just one sentence long, it said: “Occasionally, Kansas legislators... Read more...

CORPORATE TAX DODGING FOR FUN AND PROFIT

April 2011

We’re getting an awful lot of high-decibel noise these days from a flock of right-wing governors and Congress critters who’re... Read more...

GUBERNATORIAL GOOFINESS IN MAINE

April 2011

Here’s a bit of political trivia: Three of the goofiest, most anti-worker governors in America are named Rick. What’re the... Read more...

EMPLOYEE PAYCHECKS ARE SOARING!

April 2011

Corporate America is back! The recession is over, corporate profits rose by 47 percent last year, and these giants are... Read more...

THE DISASTER OF TWO RICKS

April 2011

This is a Code Red, five-alarm, public emergency warning for the people of Florida: Flee immediately, abandon the state, run... Read more...

HIGH SPIRITS AT THE TOP

April 2011

If you want to know how the economy is doing, don’t bother checking the Dow Jones Average or tracking the... Read more...

A MICKEY MOUSE WAGE HIKE

April 2011

Good news, people: America’s wages are up – the average worker is making more today than a year ago! How... Read more...

RESTARTING WALL STREET'S MONEY-FROM-NOTHING MACHINE

April 2011

They’re back. Actually, they never left, they just laid low while the heat of political anger blew over. They are... Read more...

THE PRICE OF GLOBALIZED PAINT

April 2011

I don’t know why the chicken crossed the road, nor whether the chicken came before the egg. But I have... Read more...

TWO UNREASONABLE WOMEN

April 2011

As George Bernard Shaw noted a century ago, “All change comes from the power of unreasonable people.” I think Shaw... Read more...

CLASS WAR CASUALTIES

April 2011

I recently joined hundreds of Texans in a “Day of the Fallen” protest. Leading our march to the State Capitol... Read more...

HELP ELIZABETH WARREN FIGHT THE MADNESS

March 2011

“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” That was the title of a kooky 1960s movie, but an even kookier... Read more...

DEALING WITH JOBLESSNESS BY CAUSING MORE OF IT

March 2011

It took him some 80 years, but he has now made what looks to be a full comeback to power.... Read more...

JAPAN'S EARTHQUAKE JOLTS SHREVEPORT

March 2011

The corporate chieftains who’ve relentlessly pushed American factories and our middle-class jobs offshore, rationalize this globalization of production by declaring... Read more...

SACRIFICING TEACHERS AND FIREFIGHTERS TO WALL STREET GREED

March 2011

America owes a debt of gratitude to such insightful Republican governors as Walker of Wisconsin, Kasich of Ohio, Snyder of... Read more...

THE WAR ON COLD MEDICINE ISN'T WORKING

March 2011

Much of the success of American law enforcement can be traced to this important reality: Criminals tend to be stupid.... Read more...

BANK ROBBERS ON THE LOOSE

March 2011

The popular perception is that bank robbers wear ski masks when doing their jobs, but a lot of modern-day bank... Read more...

DO CONGRESSIONAL MILLIONAIRES REPRESENT YOU?

March 2011

Change is not the same thing as progress. In fact, change can be the exact opposite. It can be regressive,... Read more...

DOWNWARD MOBILITY IN A RISING ECONOMY

March 2011

At last, some uplifting economic news – a sign that the economy is really starting to hum again! Forbes magazine... Read more...

DON'T MESS WITH LIBRARIANS

March 2011

Public libraries are among the most respected institutions in our society. Beloved even. So why does Rupert Murdoch think he... Read more...

NEWT FAKES IT

March 2011

At last, Newt Gingrich has come bucking out of the presidential chute, shouting “Yippie-ty-yi-yo, Here I go!” On March 3,... Read more...

HOW TO HATE "ILLEGALS" AND HAVE THEM TOO

March 2011

Every state legislature has its share of incompetent, insensitive, and often incomprehensible goobers sitting in seats of power. Sometimes you... Read more...

FROM DEMOCRACY TO PLUTOCRACY

March 2011

In American politics, the past not only sticks with us, but it often provides the best definition of what’s going... Read more...

AMERICA'S TRUE CRISIS

March 2011

The greatest problem our nation faces can be summed up in one word: leadership. Okay, make that three words: lack... Read more...