THE PEOPLE SPEAK, CONGRESS FIDDLES February 2010Who says Americans can’t find agreement on anything? All it took to bring us together in determined unity was that... Read more...
SELLING POLITICAL LOVE TO WALL STREET February 2010Poor Wall Street bankers. They can’t find a friendly port in the unrelenting storm of public outrage at their ongoing... Read more...
HELP CURE SALLIE MAE'S SUGAR ADDICTION February 2010Sallie Mae is not one of those girls who’re made of “sugar and spice and everything nice.” Well, she is... Read more...
WALL STREET'S SOLIDARITY WITH AVERAGE JOES February 2010The bonus-boys of Wall Street have finally shown that they “get it” – and I’m sure you appreciate their new-found... Read more...
PALIN IS READY FOR THE NATIONAL POLITICAL STAGE February 2010It went unacknowledged by the mass media, but Sarah Palin recently made a major contribution to the public good. By... Read more...
WHAT HAPPENED TO WALL STREET REFORM? February 2010Gosh, has it been two years already? Time sure flies when you’re dealing with a crisis. It seems like only... Read more...
PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES WITH CORPORATE WELFARE February 2010One thing that governors and mayors absolutely love to do is to win a prize in a game called, “Corporate... Read more...
GETTING TO KNOW THE RIGHT WING February 2010Time for another edition of the new game that’s sweeping the nation: “Who’s That Right Winger?” An interconnected network of... Read more...
CORPORATIONS WANT "THE LION'S SHARE" February 2010President Obama was right on target during his state of the union speech, when he upbraided the Supreme Court for... Read more...
CORPORATE MONEY FUNDS RIGHT-WING ATTACK ON SENATOR'S OFFICE February 2010As Sir Walter Scott warned two centuries ago: “Oh! What a tangled web we weave/ When first we practice to... Read more...
THE LASTING SPIRIT OF HOWARD ZINN February 2010One of the best tombstones ever is said to include the last words of a young, out-gunned gunslinger in Arizona:... Read more...
FLYING CASH REGISTERS February 2010Get ready for yet another assault of crass commercialism – this one way up at 35,000 feet in the friendly... Read more...
HOOTING AT FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS February 2010American politics is a hoot! Where else can raw ignorance rise to such high places – and then flaunt itself... Read more...
AGRIBUSINESS PROFITS, MUTANT GERMS… AND US February 2010America is under assault. From coast to coast, we are being invaded by horrific, body-consuming mutants that are already destroying... Read more...
A GOP LEADER'S ECONOMIC PLAN February 2010Those who say that Republican congress critters are just a gaggle of naysaying boneheads with no economic plan of their... Read more...
PRICING "FREE SPEECH" OUT OF OUR REACH February 2010Let us now praise the Supreme Five! I refer to the five Supreme Court justices who looked all around our... Read more...
TAX WALL STREET BONUSES January 2010Are you feeling sorry for Wall Street bankers yet? Poor babies, everyone is down on them. First, We the People... Read more...
SEEING CHINA FROM THE NEW WORLD TRADE CENTER January 2010You can knock us Americans down, but you can’t keep us down. For example, the twin towers of the World... Read more...
OBAMA'S DECLINE January 2010Want to know why Obama and the Democrats find themselves in a political mess, only a year after they came... Read more...
THE NEXT BATTLEGROUND FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM January 2010The Obamacans have spent a lot of their political capital during the past year to woo health insurance giants, drug... Read more...
THE SUPREME COUP January 2010Remember their names: Alito, Kennedy, Roberts, Scalia, and Thomas. From within the dark isolation of the Supreme Court, these five... Read more...
SELLING A CITY'S SOUL – FOR CHICKEN FEED January 2010Fire hydrants deserve more respect. These utilitarian and ubiquitous icons of America’s urban landscape are rarely noticed by anyone but... Read more...
THE TWISTED ETHICS OF CORPORATE TRADE SECRETS January 2010It’s time to enjoy another round of that sensational game show that’s so popular from coast to coast: “Twisted Ethics!”... Read more...
NADER'S NOVEL IDEA January 2010Okay, maybe you’re one who still stews about Ralph Nader’s presidential campaigns – but give the guy credit for his... Read more...
REINING-IN THE GODS OF THE FED January 2010This story would be comic, were it not so serious. It’s about “The Fed,” a hydra-headed creature of enormous power,... Read more...
