GOUGING CONSUMERS WITH HIGH-FLYING FEES November 2010Why do airline executives hate their customers? Not so very long ago, airlines boasted about flying “the friendly skies,” but... Read more...
GIRL SCOUTS DELIVER AN ETHICAL LESSON TO GSA November 2010The first job of a citizen is to keep your mouth open, and often the collective mouth of the American... Read more...
GIVING THANKS FOR GRASSROOTS PROGRESSIVES November 2010Wow, that was an exhilarating election, wasn’t it? Of course, even a car wreck can be exhilarating. Still, this Thanksgiving,... Read more...
THE IMMORALITY OF "AMERICA AT WAR" November 2010Are you aware that America has now been at war for nearly a decade? We’ve been fighting, bleeding, and dying... Read more...
WALL STREET TAKES ITS SOB STORY TO THE SUMMIT November 2010This is at least a six-hankie story, so pull that box of tissues up close to you. Ready? Wall Street... Read more...
RADIATING, HARASSING AND MOLESTING FLYERS November 2010Hmmm. Here’s a headline that us frequent fliers are not happy to see: “Pilots urged to avoid body scanning.” This... Read more...
MEET YOUR NEW NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD MARKET November 2010The signature phrase of America’s booming good food movement has been expanded from “organic” to “local and sustainable.” Good! The... Read more...
CORPORATE FLIMFLAMMERS SUCKERING CONGRESS, AGAIN November 2010If you google Google, you might learn that this internet powerhouse once proudly promised to do no evil. In CorporateWorld,... Read more...
I SPY ON YOU, AND VICE VERSA November 2010Every time some dimwitted bozo tries to pull off a screwy terrorist act against us, the kneejerk reaction of our... Read more...
THE RESILIENT GREEDINESS OF WALL STREET EXECUTIVES November 2010It appears to be a truly amazing feat of magic. Right before your eyes, this thing rises into the air... Read more...
OBAMA'S WILLY LOMAN SCHTICK November 2010Of all the things you’d want the President of the United States to tackle right after November’s congressional elections, how... Read more...
DON'T JUST VOTE, RUN FOR OFFICE! November 2010With the media’s preoccupation with Tea Party politicking, and with the full force of raw corporate power suffocation our democracy,... Read more...
A SIMMERING WATER WAR November 2010Here in my home state of Texas, we’re suffering from withdrawal pains. This is not caused by our addiction to... Read more...
THE GLORY OF WAR November 2010Our society, like most others, glorifies war. ” For God and Country!” is the cry. “Be all you can be,... Read more...
MURDOCH STRIPS FOX OF ANY JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY November 2010Fox TV has quit reporting the news… to become the news. To promote its corporate political agenda, Fox has surrendered... Read more...
HARD TIMES, SOFT HEADS November 2010A recent New York Times headline used the word “soft” to describe today’s economy. On what planet does that wordsmith... Read more...
NAME THOSE NUTS! November 2010In a recent commentary, I noted that during the past three decades the Republican Party has been jerked from its... Read more...
WALL STREET'S "MOM & POP" BANKERS November 2010Don’t cry for Jamie Dimon, America. As CEO of JPMorgan Chase, this ruling mogul of Wall Street must now cope... Read more...
PROTECTING AMERICA BY PULPING BOOKS November 2010One especially-ugly word an author never wants to hear is: “pulp.” To pulp a book is not merely to remove... Read more...
HIDING WORKER INJURIES November 2010According to the latest safety reports, workplace injuries are on the decline in our country. Great! Only… it’s untrue. Why?... Read more...
DEAD MINERS AND ETHICALLY-DEAD SENATORS November 2010Some members of Congress complain that they have a really tough job. Also, they say their hard work is not... Read more...
A GREAT BIG TEXAS GOOBER October 2010The great state of Georgia is famous for its peanuts, but I still say that my state of Texas produces... Read more...
SPREADING WEAPONS IN THE NAME OF PEACE October 2010Hey, Bucko – stop whining about this sour economy, and start thinking about the plight of others. For example: arms... Read more...
SAVE THE BILLIONAIRE'S TAX LOOPHOLE! October 2010Look out, they’re angry. Foaming-at-the-mouth angry. And they’re lashing out, saying they won’t take it anymore. As one of their... Read more...
THE CORPORATE ASSAULT ON AN HONEST SENATOR October 2010If you look at the whole flock of 535 congress critters, it’s hard not to giggle – or break out... Read more...
