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BEYOND BP: SEND A MESSAGE TO TONY HAYWARD

June 2010

“Tony Two-step” is too much, isn’t he? Tony Hayward, I mean, the slick CEO of BP who keeps trying to... Read more...

PLUTONOMISM

June 2010

For the super-rich hoity toities of our land, the democratic populism arising among the hoi polloi is unpleasant, messy, and…... Read more...

THE ECONOMY IS UP! OR IS IT DOWN?

June 2010

Good news, people! The economy is roaring like a tiger again, so we shoppers are now willing and able to... Read more...

OUR STATE OFFICIALS ARE GOOFIER THAN YOURS

June 2010

Not so fast, Arizona! You might try to convince the American public that you’ve got the goofiest, right-wingiest state officials... Read more...

DON'T REGULATE WALL STREET, RESTRUCTURE IT

June 2010

Boy, Obama and the Democratic senate really socked it to Wall Street with their financial reform bill, didn’t they? The... Read more...

WHINING ABOUT KAGAN

May 2010

Poor Elena Kagan. Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court is getting raked over the coals by Republican politicos – not... Read more...

FEISTY GRANNIES STAND UP FOR PEACE

May 2010

How grand it was in Washington for Hamid Karzai. The corrupt, inept President of Afghanistan – whose regime is being... Read more...

ADVANCING OUR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY

May 2010

One thing that gives me good cheer is the periodic eruption of legal common sense that provides a little more... Read more...

DISCLOSING THE MEEKNESS OF THE "DISCLOSE" BILL

May 2010

At last – after weeks of detailed analyzing, careful deliberation, and creative crafting – Democratic leaders in Washington have unveiled... Read more...

ATTACK THE DEFORMERS

May 2010

Wall Street reform. How hard could it be for the US Senate to do this job? After all, terms like... Read more...

ANOTHER GUSHER IN THE GULF

May 2010

It doesn’t seem possible that there could be a corporate honcho anywhere on this globe who’s more clueless and self-absorbed... Read more...

SAVE THE CONGRESSIONAL MILLIONAIRES

May 2010

Let’s hear a cheer for a much maligned group of American workers, for they have stood up and done the... Read more...

MONSANTO COMES A CROPPER

May 2010

As an old TV ad used to say: “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.” Monsanto corporation, however, still has... Read more...

PULLING THE CURTAIN ON THE FED

May 2010

Surely I’m dreaming. This is beyond a fantasy. It’s got to be a hallucination. I don’t know whether to weep,... Read more...

LET'S GIVE GOOD GOVERNMENT A TRY

May 2010

If you’re an aficionado of ironic justice, try this morsel: On the day that BP’s Gulf oil rig blew up,... Read more...

SOME SENATE DEMOCRATS STIFFEN THEIR SPINES

May 2010

Whoa, what’s this? A bold stand by Senate Democrats? Apparently, someone spiked the water pitchers in the Democratic caucus with... Read more...

THE MEDIA'S "BUSINESS MODEL" FOR CEO PAY

May 2010

Question: In the exotic world of executive suite excess, which gaggle of bosses managed to outgun Wall Street bankers in... Read more...

THE BIGGEST BANK HEIST YOU NEVER HEARD ABOUT

May 2010

Has your banker stopped by to thank you yet? Thanks are due, of course, for your share of the $700-billion... Read more...

WE'VE BEEN SLICKED BY BIG OIL

May 2010

Suddenly, we’re re-learning the painful lesson that when technological solutions combine with corporate promises, we often get a toxic mix.... Read more...

IS BP'S GUSHING GULF OIL DISASTER A HOLY MESS?

May 2010

Luckily, with yet another ecological catastrophe hitting our country, we have national analysts with the expertise, insight, and calm reasoning... Read more...

ADDING TOXIC CHEMICALS TO A TOXIC OIL SPILL

May 2010

Let’s say that you have a water well, and a leak from an underground tank at a nearby gasoline station... Read more...

WHO WOULD WANT THIS JOB?

May 2010

Yes, jobs are hard to come by these days, but don’t despair, for here’s a company that’s hiring – if... Read more...

GOLDMAN SACHS SHOWS US ITS ABACUS

May 2010

Doing a public service was the very last thing on the minds of the geniuses at Goldman Sachs who created... Read more...

TAX DODGING FOR FUN AND PROFIT

May 2010

I look at GE, and I think, gee, how does it get away with that? Then I remember, oh yeah... Read more...

SCOLDING WALL STREET WON'T STOP THE GREED

May 2010

President Obama marched boldly up to Wall Street and scolded those narcissistic banksters who crashed our economy and looted our... Read more...