"CONSERVATISM" HAS TURNED INTO "CRACKPOTISM" September 2010I’m at a loss for words, so I need your help. Not so long ago, Republican officeholders in our country... Read more...
TECHNOLOGICAL OVERKILL September 2010Do you drive a car? Or does yours drive you? Our vehicles are no longer simple mechanical devices, but sophisticated... Read more...
GOUGING CONSUMERS WITH HIGH-FLYING FEES September 2010Why do airline executives hate their customers? Not so very long ago, airlines boasted about flying “the friendly skies,” but... Read more...
A GROSS INSULT TO UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS September 2010At last, Obama is getting serious about America’s jobs crisis, proposing a $50-billion effort to put Americans to work repairing... Read more...
THE TECHNO-GIZMO TAKEOVER OF AMERICA September 2010Whether you want it to or not, technology marches on! And on… and on… and on… For example, Kenmore, the... Read more...
OFFSHORING AMERICA'S LEGAL JOBS September 2010Maybe you’re one of the thousands of young lawyers in America working in some low-skill, part-time job because law firms... Read more...
CUT CONGRESS, NOT FOOD STAMPS September 2010Sometimes I don’t know whether to laugh, cry, or go bowling – and this is one of those times. America... Read more...
DIRTY COAL MONEY September 2010Old King Coal – what a dirty old soul! Not merely dirty in terms of the gross pollution, mountain destruction,... Read more...
THE CORPORATE ASSAULT ON AN HONEST SENATOR September 2010If you look at the whole flock of 535 congress critters, it’s hard not to giggle – or break out... Read more...
WHAT'S BEHIND THE EGG RECALL? September 2010To make an omelet, you’ve gotta break some eggs – and half a billion eggs would make a mighty big... Read more...
LABOR DAY, AND THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO September 2010Let’s see where we are: 14.6 million people are officially out of work – 7.3 million of them for more... Read more...
LABOR DAY: ORGANIZE! September 2010America’s corporate chieftains must love poor people, for they’re doing all they can to create millions more of them. They’re... Read more...
BIG BANKS GOUGE CUSTOMERS FOR FUN & PROFIT September 2010High-Low is a poker game that I’ve played in the past, but America’s biggest banks have twisted it into a... Read more...
BLEEDING HEART REPUBLICANS September 2010Who says that Republican congress critters don’t care about minorities in our society? Why, at this very moment, they are... Read more...
WALL STREET'S CONNECTED LOBBYISTS August 2010Old Congress critters never die, they just fade away. Into lobbying firms, that is. Take former House speaker Dennis Hastert,... Read more...
MOTT'S WORKERS STAND UP FOR AMERICA August 2010Who’ll take a stand for America’s founding ethic of the common good? You won’t get such leadership from Washington –... Read more...
A GREAT BIG TEXAS GOOBER August 2010The great state of Georgia is famous for its peanuts, but I still say that my state of Texas produces... Read more...
THE EXPLETIVES OF WALL STREET August 2010Wall Street is a bizarre place. It masquerades as a sober center of finance, but it operates as a wide-open... Read more...
DELL: TWISTING IN THE LEGAL WIND August 2010As any family court judge can tell you, divorce cases can be explosive. But for powerful courtroom confrontations, human divorces... Read more...
AN INSIDE JOB BY BIG BANKS August 2010Congress finally passed a moderate reform package to tighten regulations on the banksters of Wall Street. Of course, the banksters... Read more...
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS GONE WILD August 2010“Knock it off,” he barked to the rowdy and randy bunch of boys under his charge. Unfortunately for John Boehner,... Read more...
PLUTONOMISM August 2010For the super-rich hoity toities of our land, the democratic populism arising among the hoi polloi is unpleasant, messy, and…... Read more...
HIDING WORKER INJURIES August 2010According to the latest safety reports, workplace injuries are on the decline in our country. Great! Only… it’s untrue. Why?... Read more...
A GENTLER NAME FOR PSYCHIC WARFARE August 2010When running from the law, one common maneuver that criminals make is to change their names. Adopting an alias has... Read more...
A RISING TSUNAMI OF CORPORATE POLITICAL MONEY August 2010Here they come. The corporate front groups are moving fast – the ones that the Supreme Court unleashed on America’s... Read more...
