GIVING PROPER THANKS TO WALL STREET January 2010No doubt you’ll want to join me in sending a heartfelt “thank you” to Lloyd Blankfein, Jamie Dimon, John Mack,... Read more...
A GLOBAL GAME THAT NEVER ENDS January 2010Hey boys and girls, let’s play “Name That Country!” I’ll give you a few clues, then the first one of... Read more...
COUNTERFEIT CONSERVATIVES January 2010You would think that leading conservatives in our country would be, you know… conservative. As in being very opposed to... Read more...
MICHAEL CHERTOFF WANTS TO SEE YOU NAKED January 2010Pardon my modesty, but why is there such an unseemly rush by homeland security officials and assorted terrorism experts to... Read more...
A NEW NAME FOR THE OCCUPATION January 2010It’s official. MNF-I is no longer. It has become USF-I. Almost no one in America noticed. And almost no one... Read more...
FLYING NAKED January 2010Attention people. I have discovered some stunning information involving our national security. I now know the ultimate goal of the... Read more...
LET'S CHUCK THE BOTTLE January 2010Bottled pollution. I know we’re a nation of inveterate consumers, but who would buy pollution in a bottle? Well, millions... Read more...
THE POISONOUS CLOUD OF CORPORATE IMMORALITY January 2010Last December marked the 25th anniversary of a mass horror perpetrated by one of America’s richest and most powerful corporations... Read more...
KEEPING CHRISTMAS ALIVE AND GREEN January 2010Is there still time for a Christmas story? No? It’s over, you say? Come on, just one more. It’s not... Read more...
LOBBYISTS TAKE A SOAK January 2010Here’s a startling number: 13,000. That’s the number of corporate lobbyists in Washington, DC. Adding to their clout are the... Read more...
HELPFUL NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS December 2009In addition to working up my own list of New Year’s resolutions, it occurs to me that some of the... Read more...
SHOULD A LOCAL BUSINESS BE "LOCAL?" December 2009In Alice In Wonderland, Humpty Dumpty declares: “When I use a word, it means what I choose it to mean,... Read more...
PAKISTAN IS CALLING December 2009Maybe you’re one of millions of Americans who’re down on their luck – lost their jobs, had their homes foreclosed... Read more...
NEW SIGNS OF SANITY AT EPA December 2009Could it be? Dare we think it? Is it possible that the Environmental Protection Agency might finally be getting serious... Read more...
CHRISTMAS: DADDY'S PHILOSOPHY December 2009This special day got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of... Read more...
THE RICH WORRY ABOUT YOU December 2009You’ll be comforted to know that the rich are concerned about you. Not concerned about your joblessness, lack of health... Read more...
WHO WANTS TO DIE FOR KARZAI? December 2009With some notable exceptions and a great deal of grumbling in its ranks, Congress seems to be going right along... Read more...
PARTING THE CURTAIN ON CONGRESSIONAL NUTTINESS December 2009One advantage of seeing our stalwart solons engage in such a heated, drawn-out legislative tussle as the present health care... Read more...
PROTEST THE REPRESSION OF OUR FREEDOM TO PROTEST December 2009The American establishment loves protestors. Foreign protestors, that is – those causing trouble for regimes that our officials don’t like.... Read more...
"HORSE AND SPARROW" ECONOMICS December 2009Time for another Gooberhead Award – presented periodically to those in the news who’ve got their mouths running 100 miles... Read more...
THE PENTAGON'S "INVINCIBLE" DRONES December 2009The people our troops are battling in Afghanistan and Pakistan might be diabolical fanatics willing to use such crude terrorist... Read more...
POUTING POLITICAL FUNDERS December 2009People are miffed. Many of Barack Obama’s strongest supporters are getting angry at his policies, and they are beginning to... Read more...
CREDIT-RATING FINAGLERS FREED BY MEEK CONGRESS December 2009America has the wrong approach for dealing with thieves. Rather than “looking backwards” at their misdeeds and “punishing” them, we... Read more...
TAKE A TRIP ON AIR BONKERS December 2009Washington’s ethics rules are absolutely bonkers! Take the case of powerhouse lobbyist Don Bonker. In 2007, to restrict the power... Read more...
OBAMA IS MIRING US IN ABSURDISTAN December 2009The bad news is that Obama has thrust more Americans ever deeper into the vortex of his Afghanistan war. But... Read more...
